Don Emilio rejects this contract. By jumping (or more accurately, clambering clumsily) out that window, he declares: I am still a verb. I am not a museum piece.
And that, perhaps, is the only journey worth taking. In memory of every abuelo who stayed—and every one who had the courage to go. el abuelo que salto por la ventana y se largo
So if you ever hear that an elderly relative has “gone missing” from a care facility, do not panic immediately. Check the rose bushes for slipper prints. Then look toward the nearest bus station, the nearest horizon, the nearest open road. Don Emilio rejects this contract