portrait of an "ex"-Communist

conservativecave ^ | February 27, 2009 | self

[franksolich]

I met Viatcheslav Alexeivich when I was wandering around the socialist paradises of the workers and peasants during the 1990s; on a street, he had heard me speaking in English to someone, and was intrigued.

He later told me he had been intrigued because he had noticed the absence of ears, and was startled to find someone like that "speaking excellent English."

In America, I've always worn the hair long, so as to hide this particular absence, but because I was in a strange place among people strangers to me, I had decided it was better to make the absence noticeable by wearing the hair short--it would probably, and probably did, save me much "explaining."

Viatcheslav Alexeivich was an older man, in his 60s at the time, and grossly fat; he had a full head of white hair, and was afflicted with boils and warts and "skin tags."

[franksolich]

I hope this is of interest.

[LiteKeeper]

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