Posted by The Geecologist on Aug 4, 2008 in Lies | 0 comments

MarcovaldoItalo Calvino; Vintage 2001WorldCat•LibraryThing•Google Books•BookFinder 

The heavy man pointed the tip of his cane towards the rows of lights that were coming on, down below.
“In the evening,” he said, “with this stick I take my walk in the city. I choose a street, a row of lamps, and I follow it, like this… I stop at the windows, I meet people, I say hello to them… When you walk in the city, think of it sometimes: my cane is following you…”