Svona fimmt\u00edu metrum utan vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0i\u00f0 a\u00f0 h\u00fasinu m\u00ednu er gamalt og \u00e1kaflega skakkt timburh\u00fas. \u00dea\u00f0 myndi s\u00f3ma s\u00e9r vel \u00ed \u00deingholtsstr\u00e6tinu hef\u00f0i \u00fea\u00f0 fengi\u00f0 sm\u00e1 vi\u00f0hald \u00ed gegnum \u00e1ratugina, en l\u00edtur n\u00fa frekar hr\u00f6rlega \u00fat satt a\u00f0 segja. \u00deetta er h\u00fasi\u00f0 hennar Madam Ayo, konu sem sennilega er um sj\u00f6tugt e\u00f0a r\u00e9tt r\u00famlega \u00fea\u00f0. \u00c1f\u00f6st h\u00fasinu er svol\u00edtil vi\u00f0bygging \u00fear sem eina af \u00f3teljandi b\u00fa\u00f0arholum borgarinnar er a\u00f0 finna. Madam Ayo rekur b\u00fa\u00f0ina. H\u00fan situr yfirleitt daglangt \u00e1 \u00ferepinu fyrir utan, undir skyggni \u00ed skj\u00f3li fyrir brennandi s\u00f3linni. Af og til f\u00e6r h\u00fan vi\u00f0skiptavin. Madam Ayo selur \u00fdmislegt: L\u00edtil eldst\u00e6\u00f0i fyrir vi\u00f0arkol, gask\u00fata fyrir \u00fe\u00e1 sem nota svolei\u00f0is eldsmat vi\u00f0 matarger\u00f0ina, upp\u00fevottal\u00f6g og s\u00e1pu. Og \u00fearna er talsvert miki\u00f0 \u00farval af h\u00e1ri, b\u00e6\u00f0i lj\u00f3su og d\u00f6kku. Eins og v\u00ed\u00f0ar \u00ed Afr\u00edku leggja konur h\u00e9r \u00ed landi mj\u00f6g miki\u00f0 upp \u00far flottu h\u00e1ri og breyta oft um grei\u00f0slu. Kvenkyns kollegar m\u00ednir birtast kannski einn daginn me\u00f0 sl\u00e9tt h\u00e1r ni\u00f0ur undir axlir, en svo tveimur d\u00f6gum seinna me\u00f0 fj\u00f6lmargar og heljarlangar fl\u00e9ttur sem n\u00e1 langt ni\u00f0ur \u00e1 bak e\u00f0a eru vaf\u00f0ar upp \u00ed mikinn hn\u00fat \u00ed hnakkanum. \u00deetta sem Madam Ayo selur er semsagt \u00e6tla\u00f0 til lengingar \u00e1 eigin h\u00e1ri.<\/p>\n
\u00deegar \u00e9g gekk fram hj\u00e1 h\u00fasinu hennar einu sinni kalla\u00f0i h\u00fan til m\u00edn. Spur\u00f0i hvort \u00e9g v\u00e6ri r\u00fassneskur. \u00c9g neita\u00f0i \u00fev\u00ed n\u00e1tt\u00farlega, en fannst spurningin \u00e1hugaver\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 t\u00f3kum tal saman. H\u00fa sag\u00f0i m\u00e9r brot af \u00e6vis\u00f6gu sinni. H\u00fasi\u00f0 gamla var h\u00fas fj\u00f6lskyldu hennar \u2013 h\u00fan haf\u00f0i f\u00e6\u00f0st \u00fear og alist upp. \u00de\u00e1 var \u00feetta hverfi bara l\u00edti\u00f0 \u00feorp, svol\u00edti\u00f0 fyrir utan b\u00e6inn. H\u00fan haf\u00f0i s\u00ed\u00f0an flutt aftur \u00ed h\u00fasi\u00f0 \u00e1 efri \u00e1rum og bj\u00f3 \u00fear me\u00f0 d\u00f3tturd\u00f3ttur sinni og hennar b\u00f6rnum n\u00fa, en d\u00f3ttirin sj\u00e1lf haf\u00f0i flutt til Bandar\u00edkjanna fyrir l\u00f6ngu s\u00ed\u00f0an. <\/p>\n
Og n\u00fana rekur Madam Ayo sem sagt \u00feessa litlu b\u00fa\u00f0. \u201eEitthva\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur ma\u00f0ur a\u00f0 gera til a\u00f0 komast af,\u201c sag\u00f0i h\u00fan, \u201e\u00feetta er ekki eins og \u00ed Evr\u00f3pu, \u00fear sem f\u00f3lk h\u00e6ttir bara a\u00f0 vinna og f\u00e6r svo eftirlaun fr\u00e1 r\u00edkinu!\u201c \u00dea\u00f0 eru einstaklega erfi\u00f0ir t\u00edmar n\u00fana a\u00f0 hennar s\u00f6gn, jafnvel erfi\u00f0ari efnahagslega en \u00e1 \u00feessum h\u00f6rmungar\u00e1rum fr\u00e1 1992 og fram yfir aldam\u00f3t, \u00feegar bl\u00f3\u00f0ugt borgarastr\u00ed\u00f0 geisa\u00f0i \u00ed landinu. Efnahagskreppan n\u00fa er enn d\u00fdpri og \u00feorri f\u00f3lks \u00ed \u00feessu hverfi lifir n\u00e1nast fr\u00e1 degi til dags. Getur ekki leyft s\u00e9r neinn l\u00faxus \u2013 nema kannski a\u00f0 kaupa s\u00e9r nokkrar auka fl\u00e9ttur \u00ed h\u00e1ri\u00f0. Ekki keypti \u00e9g n\u00fa neitt sl\u00edkt af henni, enda ekkert gr\u00e1tt h\u00e1r \u00ed bo\u00f0i. <\/p>\n
Annars haf\u00f0i h\u00fan lengi starfa\u00f0 sem a\u00f0sto\u00f0arkona \u00e1 tannl\u00e6knastofu \u00ed borginni. \u00deanga\u00f0 h\u00f6f\u00f0u rata\u00f0 allra \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0a kvikindi \u00ed gegnum \u00e1rin: Bretar, \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0verjar, Frakkar \u2013 og R\u00fassar. Og haf\u00f0i gert s\u00e9r far um a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra nokkrar setningar \u00e1 hverju tungum\u00e1li \u2013 a\u00f0 heilsa og \u00feakka fyrir og kve\u00f0ja, \u00feessi grunnatri\u00f0i. Vildi endilega vita hvernig \u00feetta v\u00e6ri sagt \u00e1 m\u00ednu eigin tungum\u00e1li. \u00c9g reyndi a\u00f0 kenna henni grunnatri\u00f0in \u2013 s\u00e6l og bless og svolei\u00f0is, en sleppti alveg a\u00f0 minnast \u00e1 h\u00e6 og b\u00e6.<\/p>\n
\u201e\u00de\u00fa ver\u00f0ur a\u00f0 koma me\u00f0 s\u00fakkula\u00f0i handa m\u00e9r \u00feegar \u00fe\u00fa kemur aftur!\u201c sag\u00f0i h\u00fan vi\u00f0 mig \u00feegar \u00e9g uppl\u00fdsti a\u00f0 \u00e9g yr\u00f0i \u00e1 \u00cdslandi yfir j\u00f3l og \u00e1ram\u00f3t. \u201eOg eitthva\u00f0 \u00edslenskt, jafnvel bara steinv\u00f6lu.\u201c \u00c9g lofa\u00f0i au\u00f0vita\u00f0 \u00f6llu f\u00f6gru. En \u00fe\u00e1 er vandinn a\u00f0 koma s\u00fakkula\u00f0inu \u00f3br\u00e1\u00f0nu s\u00ed\u00f0asta sp\u00f6linn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Svona fimmt\u00edu metrum utan vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0i\u00f0 a\u00f0 h\u00fasinu m\u00ednu er gamalt og \u00e1kaflega skakkt timburh\u00fas. \u00dea\u00f0 myndi s\u00f3ma s\u00e9r vel \u00ed \u00deingholtsstr\u00e6tinu hef\u00f0i \u00fea\u00f0 fengi\u00f0 sm\u00e1 vi\u00f0hald \u00ed gegnum \u00e1ratugina, en l\u00edtur n\u00fa frekar hr\u00f6rlega \u00fat satt a\u00f0 segja. \u00deetta er h\u00fasi\u00f0 hennar Madam Ayo, konu sem sennilega er um sj\u00f6tugt e\u00f0a r\u00e9tt r\u00famlega \u00fea\u00f0. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":0,"parent":591,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-607","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":624,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/607\/revisions\/624"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}