Marc, The Dirty Rat

Part One

“You can’t talk to anarchists, they tend to be so right they’re bothersome”

La Protesta, Buenos Aires, 1987

MARC AND THE POLICEMAN

-What’s your name?
-Are you a cop or something like that?
-Something like that.
-And tell me, ‘something like that’, do you think that telling you my name would give me a reason to live?
-I make the questions here.
-Wow! Just like in the TV series officer.
-I’m not an officer. Tell me your name.
-Marc. For my friends: The Dirty Rat.
-Why did you attempt throwing yourself under that moving train?
-If I’d tried throwing myself under a train standing still, my case would be a lot more serious officer.
-Don’t call me officer and answer what I’m asking you. Why did you want to throw yourself under a train?
-Because… I wanted to live a new experience.
-A suicidal experience.
-Your sagacity impresses me.
-Look here, Marc, you’ve caused great havoc to the State’s train system.
-I was hopeful it’d be the last one… officer.

Translation by SM