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159b, Clifford Thurlow

What is Love?
by Clifford Thurlow

leer en español When you remove love from sex you enter a mansion with many rooms shaded in nuance and excess, an invitation to peel away all conventions and programming. A chance to explore your hidden self. You shed something and clothe yourself in something else. Sex is the greatest of gifts, orgasm a glimpse of perfection.When you add love to sex it feels as if your soul is being drawn from the chains of gravity into the core of the infinite. New feelings come to life, emotions without explanations that we try to name with that perplexing little word we avoid using as if the word is sacred or sacrilegious.Love is indefinable, a mystery, the twin of death. Love bends and curves like space and time. When you are in love you are less afraid of death because you would give your life f...

On hope and love,<br/> by Luísa Magalhães

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159b, Luísa Magalhães

On hope and love,
by Luísa Magalhães

leer en español And then, one day, I fell in love again.The story I am about to share with you is a story of truth and struggle, written in fate by two wounded souls that once found themselves searching for peace and hope. I feared the novelty, and I know he feared it too. We had both experienced lives of grief so far.I had given up on attempting to create new possibilities of commitment, shut myself inside a protective shell, allowing nobody to come near. Safety, quiet, maybe also loneliness, but a safe feeling of being on my own. No more yelling, cursing, forced sex, endless arguments and miserable condescendence. Just peace, my books, my writings, my screens of meaningless images. I became still, a body without pain, a mind freed and starting to relax.Of course there were nightmare...

Viaje por las galaxias,<br/> por Getulio Bastardo

5Jul

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159b, Getulio Bastardo

Viaje por las galaxias,
por Getulio Bastardo

Desde su posición podía ver todas las estrellas que abarcaba la visibilidad que le permitía la navegación. Estaba echado en el fondo de la nave y desde allí podía ver hacia el sureste una estrella blanca amarillenta muy brillante que se encuentra en la constelación de Carina y se llama Canopus; otra estrella que se ve muy bien es Achernar, que es la más brillante de la constelación Eridanus.La nave se dirigía al este y su visibilidad del sureste era muy amplia. Así, pudo ver a una estrella azulada, es Rigel, la estrella más brillante de la constelación Orión. También se puede ver Betelgeuse en la misma constelación Orión.En la constelación Canis Major se observa la estrella Sirio, la más brillante de ese cielo nocturno tropical del oriente, es una estrella blanquecina.Su abuelo es un autod...

Silêncio de lua cheia,<br/> por Fernando Carmino Marques

5Jul

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159b, Fernando Carmino Marques

Silêncio de lua cheia,
por Fernando Carmino Marques

leer en español Um par de óculos grossos, pendurado ao pescoço, outro teimosamente deslizando pelo afilado nariz, Heráclito observa as sombras de pele rosada que de smartphone na mão passam diante da vetusta loja de “souvenirs” (ele esqueceu a palavra em grego) onde os deuses o condenaram por existências passadas a questionar destino dos homens. No outro lado da rua, na loja em frente, Zenão, olhos postos no chão, enrola entre as pontas queimadas dos dedos um magro cigarro; há muito que o negócio não dá para mais. Heráclito observa-me como através de um rio. De repente tenho a sensação de que ele me interroga naquele seu silêncio de lua cheia de significados que discretamente lança aos bárbaros low cost que em calções, chinelo e boné invadem agora a cidade onde em outros dias ele in...