the moor's last sigh

"from now on I will always look after you", my father told my mother after the first time they made love. but she was beginning to be an artist, she answered, and so "the most important part of me, I can take care of by myself".

"then", said abraham, humbly, "i will look after the less important part, the part that needs to eat, enjoy, and rest"

Salman Rushdie