In my younger and more vulnerable years

My father gave me some advice

Always try to see the best in people, he would say

As a concequence, I'm inclined to reserve all judgements

But even I have a limit

Back then, all of us drank too much

The more in tune with the times we were

the more we drank

and none of us contributed anything new

When I came back from New York I was disgusted

Disgusted with everyone and everything

Only one man was exempt from my disgust

Gatsby

He was the single most hopeful person I have ever met

And I'm never likely to meet him again

There was something about him

A senstivity

He was like

He was like one of those machines that register earthquakes 10,000 miles away

We met at a

at a party

In New York