Airtight

Abstract

“Airtight”, as both a short story and literary production, emerges from a portrait or an experience that delves into notions of waiting, relationships and internal structures. Explored through metaphor, these elements have the power to convey emotions through what confines them. The narrative takes on implicit paths, as the absence of unveiling constructs points of tension. Even in its mystery, the text becomes clear. The setting of the story, or its precise translation into English, "Airtight," resides in the suffocating cloister of something that is not manifested, or rather, not made explicit. Nevertheless, it never fails to inhabit a commonplace, a relationship so profoundly marked by nauseating normativity. From “Airtight”, one thing that is anticipated is the muffled sound of a closing lid.