They shattered two vases with patterns and shapes,
One unlike the other. They had tried to protect the vases
From the places where they carried them themselves.
When they returned, they brought thunder with them.
And as they both stared at the dysmorphic mosaic multitudes beneath
Them, around them, they sobbed, because now they mirrored them perfectly.
They mourned themselves, wailed for their fates, kneeling
And bowing their heads, waiting for an outside action.
They turned their gaze towards each other and listened without
Uttering a word. They grabbed the paste and pieces from the cacophony
Of shards and remains, and without looking they recreated two forms,
It was their hearts that led them, or something in the air,
And the finished two vases, reconstructed, unrecognisable, leaked water.
“The Gossip” by Leo Gestel (1881-1941)
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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 debut novel, 'Within Paravent Walls', will be published by WiDo Publishing / E. L. Marker.
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