And I opened my window hoping you would never return.
You’d appear out of nowhere and like an ignorant insect
Sneak your way into my ear and tickle out words that I’d never
Utter, thoughts that stand in opposition to everything I desire.
You mummify me in my half-hearted sleep. And you let me face
Myself. The version that doesn’t exist. And you shame me for it.
And then you take out the big guns, sickness, the end of me.
It is effortless to teach cruelty.
You can barely see the outcome on someone’s features.
It can be found in a smile, imagine that.
Out of context, to be twisted and manufactured.
A kiss can poison you, careful.
You never know where it comes from, always make sure.
You cannot rely on the aesthetics of chicanery.
They have been raised and moulded.
The integration happened a long time ago.
The masquerade and mockery. They’re statues by now.
If we stare for too long we collide with ourselves and quiver
At the bottom of their feet, a heart made out of stone, I think of death.
These sinister nuances of us grow temporary wings and flaunt them.
And they force me into submission, but I smoke them out.
“Mrs. Kunffy in a Flowery Hat” by József Rippl-Rónai (1861-1927)
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My name is Laura Gentile. I’m of German-Italian descent and I speak five languages such as English, German, French, Italian, Luxembourgish and I’m currently learning Romanian.
I hold a Master of Arts Degree in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Dissertation: The Decadent in Love with his Psychopomp: Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' and Adrian Lyne's 'Lolita') and a Master of Letters by Research in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Thesis: Romanticising Decadence and Aestheticising Death: Women as Projection Bodies and Mimetic Identities in Zola’s 'Thérèse Raquin', Schnitzler’s 'Dream Story', Süskind’s 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer' and Eugenides’ 'The Virgin Suicides').
My poetry and short stories have been published in two anthologies entitled 'Shaking Thoughts' and 'Until Forever Becomes The End', both edited by Joan Barbara Simon PhD PhD, leading to a prose and poetry recital called 'Silence Breakers' at the Libreria Altrimenti in Luxembourg.
My article on 'Biblical Imagery and Apocalyptic Visions in Films' written for the university course 'Film And Popular Culture' was published in a Luxembourgish film magazine named 'Graffiti'.
My work was chosen as obligatory reading for the academic course 'Creative Writing' at the University of Luxembourg and was the focus of the students’ exam portfolio. I was invited by the University of Luxembourg to do a workshop on my short story 'Prophets of the Streetlight' for the 'Creative Writing' course, including a reading and a Q&A.
In 2013, I published my own collection of short stories and poetry entitled 'Seraphic Addiction', which led to an invitation by Ara City Radio to do an interview and a reading on air.
Consequently I was encouraged to create my own radio show called 'Chasse-Sirène' surrounding literature, films, music and art.
Furthermore, I am the official German translator of Joan Barbara Simon’s 'Verses Nature' trilogy.
My debut novel, 'Within Paravent Walls', will be published by WiDo Publishing / E. L. Marker.
I am the creator of "Croque-Melpomene: Femalecentric Poetry" and I have a YouTube channel carrying the same name.
I am a weekly blogger for RTL Today, a major European media platform.
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