The pandemic has for some been a time of interpersonal tensions – including Dušan in Belgrade, who has an overbearing mother and a wife with a chronic disease. Here, his story is retold by a friend, who tries to establish what exactly has been passing through Dušan’s mind…
̶A̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶m̶o̶n̶t̶h̶ ̶a̶g̶o̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶o̶c̶k̶d̶o̶w̶n̶ ̶e̶n̶d̶e̶d̶.̶ ̶I̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶r̶e̶m̶e̶m̶b̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶s̶o̶ ̶s̶c̶a̶r̶e̶d̶.̶ ̶I̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶’̶t̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶h̶o̶w̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶l̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶i̶t̶.̶ ̶I̶t̶’̶s̶ ̶h̶a̶r̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶r̶t̶ ̶t̶a̶l̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶f̶e̶e̶l̶.̶ ̶I̶f̶ ̶I̶ ̶d̶i̶d̶n̶’̶t̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶ ̶m̶u̶c̶h̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶,̶ ̶I̶’̶d̶ ̶n̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶d̶o̶ ̶i̶t̶.̶ ̶S̶o̶,̶ ̶I̶’̶l̶l̶ ̶t̶r̶y̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶d̶e̶s̶c̶r̶i̶b̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶o̶w̶n̶ ̶s̶e̶l̶f̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶h̶a̶p̶p̶e̶n̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶m̶e̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶v̶e̶n̶i̶e̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶I̶’̶l̶l̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶b̶o̶t̶h̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶u̶d̶i̶e̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶j̶u̶d̶g̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶r̶y̶.̶ ̶M̶a̶r̶i̶a̶,̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶f̶i̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶–̶ ̶g̶o̶ ̶t̶o̶
