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«Half A Dozen Phrases» by Miriam Costa

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Half a dozen sentences without truth and within your eyes wich I only see opacity… a precipice, the disguise of vanity combining with our carnival, which is between your forced laughter and the banishment of any response.

Covered your anguish and evil, but it was unsuccessful, sculpted in attitudes with ancient clay, half a step taken and you inhabit the fervor of darkness, phrases without truth that will haunt you for the rest of your life.

I make myself small, I purposely keep quiet… I am the rhyme of broken attention and my laughter is one of disgust seeing your taste full of hurt enjoyment. Past is a dangerous face, in present my death takes time.

Unoccupied with sleep, between one pause and another, you pretend to be a human in control, but you hate the birds that sing in the whiteness of the flagstones and haunt the streets that are no longer landscaped. The divine nothing, which pleases you, aging in your own face, shortened by affections….

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Author’s Bio

Miriam Costa – born in Luanda, Angola, arrived in Brazil at the age of 3, loves to read and eventually studied fine arts. Her writings are always a mixture of her drawings and digital collages. She participated in group and individual exhibitions. She created poetry zines and have her own brand of skateboard shirts. Published 8 books in partnership with international writers, a member of the readers’ club in her city and also does volunteer work with children. She collaborated with columns in law and business consultancy newspapers with a «feel» of humor. She participates in poetry collectives and creates independent album covers. Graduated in radiology, fashion, she is a bilingual translator, editor of Masticadores Brasil, also a writer for CronicArte magazine. Photography and poetry is in her soul.