He could not sleep that night, that night when the frogs fell silent, the frogs that had, every other night, trilled louder than the day-parrots, the frogs that were never seen but always present, that night when no stars shone, when he could not tell if his eyes were open or shut, when he could not tell if he existed … Read more

He could not sleep that night, that night when the frogs fell silent, the frogs that had, every other night, trilled louder than the day-parrots, the frogs that were never seen but always present, that night when no stars shone, when he could not tell if his eyes were open or shut, when he could not tell if he existed at all. That was how it began.