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Celdas, no son hexagonales, pero al igual es un terrible laberinto. Creo que tiene siete días. Se compone de cuatro clases diferentes de comidas: desayuno, comida, cena, más los antojos. No precisamente hoy ni mañana, sino 24 horas después, es cuando se termina el contrato. Tu ficha de depósito dice en letras pequeñas: ...desde el día de su nacimiento y hasta el día de su muerte... pero ¡mierda que...! se compone de siete días, muchas promesas, un solo sueño y mucho, muucho trabajo. Los barrotes son las esquinas en las calles que acostumbrados se frecuentan: dos cuadras al rededor de tu vivienda, de ahí a la derecha (nunca a la izquierda) otras dos, das vuelta a la esquina; la doblas en tres pliegues de papel que forman un cheque, que estás dispuesto a cobrar pero que no tiene fondos; al igual que donde estás cayendo. Hay frío en las células, y cuando abren por fin la puerta sólo es para despedirte de un viejo o una vieja amiga, o bien de todos al mismo tiempo. El lenguaje allí no existe, hay palabrerías, ilusiones de payasos que no llegan ni a encantamientos, mucho menos verdaderos sortilegios; pero atan y engañan. Curiosamente hay muchos reos, aunque no se vean. La mayor parte del tiempo todos están en la misma celda, cada uno cree que es suya y no notan de los otros la presencia. "Llegará un día de éstos en que ‘alguien’ desde fuera nos abra la puerta"... dicen incrédulos, y me lo creo. ¿Y si nunca saliéramos? ¿Y si la llave que abre se encuentra dentro? ¿Y si la cerradura fuera? ¿Y si no hay llave? ¿Y si no hay chapa? ¿Y si no hubiera ni dentro ni fuera?

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whoami123 dijo...

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We work like a horse.
We eat like a pig.
We like to play chicken.
You can get someone's goat.
We can be as slippery as a snake.
We get dog tired.
We can be as quiet as a mouse.
We can be as quick as a cat.
Some of us are as strong as an ox.
People try to buffalo others.
Some are as ugly as a toad.
We can be as gentle as a lamb.
Sometimes we are as happy as a lark.
Some of us drink like a fish.
We can be as proud as a peacock.
A few of us are as hairy as a gorilla.
You can get a frog in your throat.
We can be a lone wolf.
But I'm having a whale of a time!

You have a riveting web log
and undoubtedly must have
atypical & quiescent potential
for your intended readership.
May I suggest that you do
everything in your power to
honor your encyclopedic/omniscient
Designer/Architect as well
as your revering audience.
As soon as we acknowledge
this Supreme Designer/Architect,
Who has erected the beauteous
fabric of the universe, our minds
must necessarily be ravished with
wonder at this infinate goodness,
wisdom and power.

Please remember to never
restrict anyone's opportunities
for ascertaining uninterrupted
existence for their quintessence.

There is a time for everything,
a season for every activity
under heaven. A time to be
born and a time to die. A
time to plant and a time to
harvest. A time to kill and
a time to heal. A time to
tear down and a time to
rebuild. A time to cry and
a time to laugh. A time to
grieve and a time to dance.
A time to scatter stones
and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a
time to turn away. A time to
search and a time to lose.
A time to keep and a time to
throw away. A time to tear
and a time to mend. A time
to be quiet and a time to
speak up. A time to love
and a time to hate. A time
for war and a time for peace.

Best wishes for continued ascendancy,
Dr. Whoami

P.S. One thing of which I am sure is
that the common culture of my youth
is gone for good. It was hollowed out
by the rise of ethnic "identity politics,"
then splintered beyond hope of repair
by the emergence of the web-based
technologies that so maximized and
facilitated cultural choice as to make
the broad-based offerings of the old
mass media look bland and unchallenging
by comparison."