Status Updates From Bøn for Tjernobyl

There’s only one government there—the man with the gun. In the morning I put the kids on the train to Astrakhan, I told the conductors to transport them like they do watermelons, to not open the door. [Silent. Then cries for a long time.] Is there anything more frightening than people?

“Chernóbil hizo que me explotara la sesera. Y empecé a pensar”.