"The laughing heart", by Charles Bukowski, lee Tom Waits

your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.

"The Opening", by Ane Brun

[Titles song de Wallander. Happy birthday, daddy, y happy anniversary para los que seguimos acá.]

When there's so much darkness closing in
Just swerve around slowly
You'll find an opening.
A light will appear like an animal between the trees
There you'll find your pocket of peace.

Make a perfect circle, it's all around you
Put your mark on the map anywhere or nowhere

It's up to you,
it's not too late to find an opening.

Trace a track until you find the end
There's a clearing in every forest,
at least one for every man.
The light will appear like an animal between the trees
There you'll find your pocket of peace.

Make a perfect circle, it's all around you
You know that everything lingers for you to follow through.

It's up to you,
it's not too late to find an opening.

Do you wanna rediscover or do you want it all to be over,
do you want to see the meaning of the circling?

"Madurez", by Perezfecto

Ursula Le Guin (1929-2018)

A los 13, Edu, amiga de mamá, nos prestó la edición tapa blanda de Minotauro de Un mago de Terramar, tapa de Chichoni, claro. De ahí en adelante, solo amor para Úrsula.
Discurso de los National Book Awards 2014

Vita di merda