Lydia Davis
What She Knew
 People did not know what she knew, that she was not really a woman but a man, often a fat man, but more often, probably, an old man. The fact that she was an old man made it hard for her to be a young woman. It was hard for her to talk to a young man, for instance, though the young man was clearly interested in her. She had to ask herself. Why is this young man flirting with this old man?
We were asked to interpret this poem? what do we see or think is happening here? how do I understand this text and what does it now mean to me?
I thought they were talking about a boat.....
At fist i pictured aÂ
