BLOODLETTING

9 0 Y B L O O D L E T T I N G A L E X D I M I T R O V The gods have no choice but to let us live a little— they would die for comedy. You and I today, we’re like bad actors in a black and white Fellini movie. If you can’t show red, why bother filming? The scene where the boys undress and color the river with sex is useless, like bloodletting. And the pistons of the heart, the heart— aren’t pumping fast enough to let us feel this thrashing. ...