Tag: fiction
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Sentimental value of the anti-climax
First installment of “stuff that comes up when I talk with my friends” (provisional series title) “These are just letters to me. I’ve let myself become dependent on her.” She says this in an attempt, however vain, to get me to understand the intricacies of their relationship. One that I could not fathom yet. I…
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la douleur exquise
(Adapted from a 2011 unpublished original) It was a full moon night with occasional rain showers. We looked at each other. Staring eyes. She stopped reading her book. Me too. As if that one look meant the universe to both of us. In an instant, a lightning-like feeling hit me. Was it love at the…
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an exercise in writing – 2
It is a long day at work. The instructions were confusing and you have been told you think too much. You need to be more basic, not filter too much. You find yourself thinking way too much for a think that clearly doesn’t need that much of mental effort. You look tired. Bad night of…
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an exercise in writing – 1
Imagine yourself in ten years. You, facing the city at night, seeing everything from a window in the 40th floor of a building. Might be a restaurant, might as well be a lounge, too. Even your house. Might be Tokyo, Singapore, São Paulo, might be somewhere else. The privileged view of an avenue or an…
fernando ursine 