Lydia Davis 8

Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve

There is a man who doesn’t know what to do

He wants to do something

He has no invitations and not a lot of money

Is doing nothing on New Year’s Eve

A form of doing something on New Year’s Eve?

To be invisible is still a visibility

People have to notice that a person is not present

Like a famous artist

Who publicly disappeared from the art world

But never quite disappeared even after she died

Is anybody truly non-social?

Or are those claiming to be non-social

Really anti-social, and therefore all too social?