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September 2023

July 2023

I'm back
Yes, I did abandon this place for a while. No, I will not let any digital space become my Master.
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May 2023

A love sonnet for Xenophon
Many times I have expressed my admiration, never so fully.
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Those goddamned soccer mafias
April was not a walk in the park.
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April 2023

To the Forum
It is a bar, it is a place, it is a state of mind where I meet my dad.
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March 2023

Getaway
You may look for me, and you might not find me.
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Nothing Lasts
It is dark outside And you want to dream. You want to dream And feel you are the same As yesterday. But as lightning breaks Into a second long day You…
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Have you ever been afraid?
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?"
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February 2023

The Gaucho Martin Fierro
Feeling like beginning my very own translation of the Argentine classic by José Hernández. Would you, my subscribers, like that?
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A secluded garden
This was the feeling this weekend: heavy, hot, humid. The Austral Summer won't let you ignore it, you must inhabit its tropical lushness until it's…
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Speed
How does acceleration feel?
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