[Winter 2023]

Those Who Wait for Us
By Gabrielle Sarthou

[Excerpt]

Going from place to place in the city. The sidewalk unfurls under our feet. The stores scroll by, one after another. Sometimes, we no longer notice the neon signs or the people we pass. The faces fade. We classify, we consider, then we forget. From the corner of our eye, we glimpse those who wait, cubical packs on their backs, in front of fast-food chain outlets; we instantly place them in the category “delivery person.” They are juxtaposed against similar people racing by on bicycles, or those staring at their cell phone, necks bowed, holding a paper bag labelled McDonald’s or A&W. As soon as we pass them, we forget them…

[ Complete issue, in print and digital version, available here: Ciel variable 122 – NIGHT ROUNDS ]
[ Complete article, in digital version, available here: Emmanuelle Léonard, Black Out : Les livreurs / The Deliverers — Gabrielle Sarthou, Those Who Wait for Us ]