>>1172841But what if you are from Dublin and you deny it as a defence mechanism? Why else would you escape to France like James Joyce? Were you not invited to your sister's wedding or did you refuse to return to Dublin?
Why refuse meeting up with friends? Why lock yourself in an apartment all day aside from work? Why watch anime exclusively in Japanese? It's because you are a Dubliner. You live in Dublin. You work in Dublin. And you can't stand it.
So you stay inside and ignore the violent city just outside your walls. Painting countryside landscapes on your curtains to play pretend.
But it doesn't work. Deep down you and everyone else knows what you are; a Dub.
