NEW YORK, 2-February, 2016
by NICK REMSEN
"Ma xiran kartaa jaakada puffer hoostimo? Ma tahay inaad muujiso 84 muuqaal?
Steven Cox waxa uu waydiinayay su'aalaha muhiimka ah maanta goobta-si daah-furnaan leh oo lix-muuqaal ah oo loogu talagalay Duckie Brown, calaamadda dharka ragga ee uu la socdo lammaanaha Daniel Silver oo si joogto ah u ahaa tusaale-kala-diridda jinsiga ee moodada cusub ee New York. "Waxaan rabnay kaliya bandhig la tafatiray," ayuu ku daray Silver isagoo si khiyaano leh oo xanaaqsan og. Dadkii badnaa ayaa daqiiqado wareeray markii labada nin ay ka soo baxeen masraxa dambe ka dib markii ay sextet ee moodooyinka qaatay dhabta, laakiin khamaarka ayaa faa'iido leh. Magaca ururinta-yar-yar, Duckie-yar oo kaliya, ayaa si lama filaan ah u sameeyay dhammaan nooca saxda ah ee dareenka qalloocan.
"Waa dharka ragga ee dhabta ah," ayuu yiri Cox. "Waxaan u sameynay dharka dumarka muddo dheer, waxayna hadda ku dhacdaa ragga guud ahaan, markaa waxay ahayd waqtigii dib loo noqon lahaa." Qaabka keligiis ah ee lammaanaha, dharkan ayaa weli u muuqday mid la jecel yahay oo cusub oo lama filaan ah. Suiting wuxuu ahaa mawduuca ugu muhiimsan ee hab dabacsan, oo leh élan wacyigelin iyo tijaabin, laakiin ma aha kordhin dheeraad ah. A "dhintay-toos ah" blazer, qaabaysan unbuttoned in kastoo in ay ku dhawaad eegi A-line in la gooyay, ahaa heer sare ah; sidoo kale jaakad malax leh, oo lagu sameeyay shaati.
Guusha kala-soocidda, samaynta Duckie, waxay ka timid waxa Silver sheegay in ay yihiin "wax yar" saamiga, sida kuleejyada sare iyo kuwa la daboolay; "ku dhawaad baraf" - surwaal cidhiidhi ah; iyo gacmo dhaadheer. Sida fakarka leh "Wajigaaga aamusan" ee Amarka Cusub uu ku soo baxay bandhiga bandhiga, Silver ayaa soo duubay: "Waa daqiiqadaas. Had iyo jeer waxaad u baahan tahay inaad haysato sawir kale iyo garaac kale si aad u ilaaliso mid xiiso leh." In ka yar ayaa ka badan, kiiskan, runtii wax loola jeedo.