Alex Caragian
An anchor is useless in the tides, no matter if it weights a ton or if it is taken by the Golan's to the far from which they came from. Don't say I didn't tell you to put on your raincoat yellow parka. I will. You idiot, can't you see that you look like an idiot in this yellow parka? Do you think you're young? You see an old man, but I'm inside. The woman cuddled under the man's arm, tired of so much life. The iodine breeze suddenly pushed in the late evening two silhouettes that stepped through the algae scattered by the tide. Both wore yellow parka.
Tavi Tone
The most terrifying thing about distance is that you never know whether she misses you or forgets about you after you leave. She gave me that look of boredom that I was the most afraid of. If you truly want to be respected by the one you love, you have to prove them that you can live without them. How could you believe I don't respect you? Do you realize what you say? Look, if you don't do it for me, do it to save the planet at least. Move together with me. I have travelled too many miles since I love you.
Gabriel Rusu
Laying on the bed made out of dead branches, I look with pity at the crowd that is throwing stones at me. The bishop called me a heretic because I told everyone that God, translated into Arabic, means Allah. When I refused to donate for a new crusade, all Europe violently supported that the richest merchant in Venice was possessed by diabolic forces. I look at the sky relieved. Please, God, forgive them, because they don't understand your translation. Them I burn and the ash goes in all the four places.
(Translated by Iuliana Mocanu / University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, MTTLC, year II / Corrected by Silvia Petrescu, coordinator of the translations)
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