<p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> </span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> ‘</span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">침대에 누워 있던 여자의 가녀린 몸이 떨렸다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">그녀를 간호하는 남편은 아무것도 보지 못한 듯 그저 미소를 짓고 있다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">그녀가 무엇을 보고 있는지</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">방 안의 사람들은 알지 못하는 것 같다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">.’</span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:10pt;"><br></span> </p> <p style="padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"></span> </p> <p style="padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> </p> <p style="padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:10pt;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">또 놀라게 하고 말았군요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">정말 미안하게 생각합니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">놀라게 할 의도는 없었지만</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">언제나 이 모양 이라서 말이죠</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">.</span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">저는 천사와 악마 같은 이분법적인 사고를 매우 싫어합니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">우주의 구조란 그리 간단한 것이 아니니까요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">하지만 요즘 들어 그런 쓸데없는 사고방식도 도움이 되는 구석이 있다고 생각 합니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> </span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> 맞아요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">바로 이럴 때 말이죠</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">제가 한 마디도 하지 않았는데</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">당신은 이 상황을 이해하고 있단 말입니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">그것도 완벽하게.</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">지금 이 상황을 설명해 주는 것은 제 모습 하나 밖에 없을 텐데 말이죠</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">.</span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> </span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:10pt;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> 신기하지 않나요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">? </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">이건 분명 오감이 쇠퇴하면서 육감이 살아나기 때문일 겁니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">아.</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">과학적인 이야기는 아닙니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">오컬트 이야기는 더더욱 아니고요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">그저 이 일을 오래하다 보니 자연스레 알게 되는 직업병 같은 것일 뿐입니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">.</span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> </span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:10pt;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> 아무튼 저는 이런 상황을 싫어하지 않습니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">왜냐하면 쓸데없는 곳에 에너지 소모를 할 필요가 없으니까요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">아마 제가 누구인지 설명해야 하는 상황이 온다면</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">그건 그것 나름대로 굉장히 피곤한 일일 겁니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">저를 포함해 당신에게도 말이죠</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">.</span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> </span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:10pt;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">걱정하지 마세요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">지금 문 밖으로 나가는 당신의 사랑스런 남편에게는 보이지 않을 테니까요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">아직 강 저편에 발을 붙이고 있는 인간에게 저는 별로 필요 없는 존재니까요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">이건 오로지 당신만이 누릴 수 있는 하나의 축복입니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">.</span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> </span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:10pt;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> 축복이란 말이 이상하다고요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">? </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">그건 당신이 세상의 많은 사람들에게 관심이 없어서 그런 겁니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">저를 볼 수 있다는 것은 적어도 당신이 아직 제정신을 유지할 수 있는 상태란 뜻이니까요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">그건 다시 말해 당신에겐 아직 사랑하는 이들의 축복을 받을 기회가 남았다는 이야기입니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">스탈린그라드에서 내장을 쏟아가며 차갑게 식어가는 군인들에 비하면</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">축복이라는 말 외에 어떤 표현도 적합하지 않아 보이는군요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">.</span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> </span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:10pt;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> 뭐</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">세상엔 그렇지 못한 사람들이 너무 많다는 이야기입니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">남들의 불행이 나의 기쁨이 되는 것은 아니지만요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">.</span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> </span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:10pt;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> 아</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">좋은 질문입니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">가장 핵심적인 것을 물어주셨군요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">이런 날카로운 질문을 받다니</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">오랜만에 느끼는 즐거움에 몸 둘 바를 모르겠습니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">여태 나이든 노인들만 만났더니</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">스스로도 꽤 지친 것 같군요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">그나저나 어떻게 말해야 잘 전달 할 수 있을까요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">?</span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> </span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:10pt;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> 저는 굳이 말하자면</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">이정표 같은 역할입니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">여태까지 많은 유명인사들을 안내했죠</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">가장 기억에 남는 사람이라면 역시 히틀러가 되겠군요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">그가 어떻게 되었는지는 궁금해 하지 않아도 됩니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">우리의 여정은 길고도 머니까요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">아마 우리가 목적지까지 가는 동안 당신은 이 세계의 시작부터 종말까지 모든 이야기들을 들을 수 있을 겁니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">예수는 물론 부처와 마호매트의 이야기까지 말이지요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">지루함을 느낄 틈이 없을지도 몰라요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">.</span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> </span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:10pt;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">이런</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">잠시 작은 문제가 생겼군요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">걱정하지 마세요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">잠깐이면 되니까요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">이런 일 때문에 우리의 여정이 방해를 받지는 않을 겁니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">어쩌면 당신에게는 오히려 더 잘된 일일지도 모르겠군요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">말동무가 하나 늘었으니까요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">세상 사람들이 이 일을 어떻게 평가할지는 모르겠지만요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> </span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> 잠시 편안하게 눈을 감고 있으면 됩니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">남편은 걱정하지 않아도 됩니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">곧 다시 만나게 될 테니까요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">그저 지금은 편안하게</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">눈을 감고 있으면 됩니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">.</span> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:10pt;"><br></span> </p> <p style="padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"></span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"></span> </p> <p style="padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> </p> <p style="padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> </p> <p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> ‘옆방에서 </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">작은 총성이 울렸다.</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;"> 그리고 </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">여자의 남편이 입가에 희미한 웃음을 띤 채 쓰러져 있는 것이 발견되었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">동시에 여자의 심장박동이 멈추었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">사람들은 그가 어째서 웃고 있었는지</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">알 수 없었기에 그저 조용히 추측만 할 뿐이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'돋움';font-size:11pt;">.’</span> </p> <p align="center" style="padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'돋움';letter-spacing:0pt;"> </span> </p> <p align="center" style="padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'돋움';letter-spacing:0pt;"> </span> </p> <p style="text-align:center;"> <img src="http://thimg.todayhumor.co.kr/upfile/202108/16281345959b08394d2f6f498b8341c760c7ed3cc1__mn310__w648__h503__f88079__Ym202108.png" alt="폴 고갱 죽음의 정령이 지켜본다.PNG" style="width:648px;height:503px;" filesize="88079"></p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">폴 고갱, 죽음의 정령이 지켜본다. </p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;"> <img src="http://thimg.todayhumor.co.kr/upfile/202108/1628134596b0de9dfd9f20482083d4ccf292e3d90d__mn310__w464__h401__f51190__Ym202108.jpg" alt="에두아르마네 자살.jpg" style="width:464px;height:401px;" filesize="51190"></p> <p align="center" style="padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> </p> <p align="center" style="padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;">에두아르 마네, 자살. </p> <p align="center" style="padding:0px;font-family:dotum;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:1.8;"> </p>