Archive for the ‘ Short Stories & Poems ’ Category

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23
Mar

Window on Arival, Ventana sobre la llegada

Sea Shell Photo by Finn_Ljungdahl

Pilar and Daniel Weinberg’s son was baptized on the coast. The baptism taught him what was sacred. They gave him a sea shell: So you’ll learn to love the water.They opened a cage and let a bird go free: So you’ll learn to love the air. They gave him a geranium: So you’ll learn to love the earth. And they gave him a little bottle sealed up tight: Don’t ever, ever open it. So you’ll learn to love mystery.

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El hijo de Pilar y Daniel Weinberg fue bautizado en la costanera. Y en el bautismo le enseñaron lo sagrado. Recibió una caracola: Para que aprendas a amar el agua. Abrieron la jaula de un pájaro preso: Para que aprendas a amar el aire. Le dieron una flor de malvón: Para que aprendas a amar la tierra. Y también le dieron una cajita cerrada: No la abras nunca, nunca. Para que aprendas a amar el misterio.

- Eduardo Galeano, from Walking Words

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10
Oct

The Dog Convention

photo by moodeous

The dogs, they hald a convention
They came from near and far
Some came by automobile
Others came by car

But before they got inside
And were allowed to have a look
They had to first take their ass-holes off
And hung them on a hook

They entered in the hall
(Each mother, son and sire)
Hardly were they seated
When some mongrel hollered FIRE!

Out the door they ran
No time to really look
Each grabbed an ass-hole
At random off a hook

They got their ass-holes all mixed up
Which made them very sore
To think they didn’t have the one
They’d always had before!

And that is why to this day
A dog will leave a bone
To go and sniff another dog’s ass
He’s looking for his own.

- unknown author