Category Archives: Afraid no longer

Para Veronika/Pour Veronika

Veronika, como la Bella Durmiente, en un ataúd de cristal, con los ojos cerrados y la sonrisa enigmática, como si supiera algo que los demás no sabemos. Plácida. Quienes hemos acudido al velatorio la vemos pero ella no a nosotros. … Continue reading

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No more Afraid: Now, Phobos, didn’t we meet? (3/3)

Image: Phobos from a mosaic in Halicarnassus, 4th century AD (@Theoi.com) The dedicated doctors and nurses attending George in the intensive care unit of Ottignies hospital that spring of 2021 had become extremely concerned for his life. Patricia had been … Continue reading

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No more Afraid: is the Blank white or black? (2/3)

Image: Black and White by Malevich (@Pixels) “March the sixteenth 2021!” announced George that morning, finding it rather ironic that, exactly one year since the lockdown began, Lecomte should send one of his percussive e-mails rattling off that ‘the team’ … Continue reading

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No more Afraid: the hidden mystery of Health (1/3)

“You know what’s going to happen next, don’t you” said George, in the middle of a news bulletin, at the start of the UK’s roll-out of the vaccination programme in early 2021, with the promise of a way out of … Continue reading

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The Three Swans of 2022

At the primary school, we learnt to write the number 2 visualizing the shape of a swan. I do not know why. To make the tedious repetitive task more appealing? A row of swans in my lined notebook, each one … Continue reading

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