New Times

Alex Caragian
I decided to make my own Gramatik. I started with tenses and who doesn't like it is also a joke with tenses. Verba volant, the poverty of man; tempus fugit, oh, what shall I do, God? Is it irreparable that who worked you to the times? Time almost gone, not quite gone, you can still cut 2-3 leaves. The simple present, it's the Romanian present, poor, I'm in. The present perfect, for Yoghini. The not present, when you're not really present. The future, for procrastinators, is never going to be conjugated.

Ana-Maria Butuza
Since he moved to this village forgotten by the world, it seems he lives in another time and his only soul is almost a widow. You're dear to me, woman, he found himself saying to her without thinking and looked deep into her soul, penetrating it as if into purgatory or another life. She closed her eyes laughing, forcing him back to the present time where she does nothing more than rouse his indignation, because she is a crazy peasant, talking loudly and biting her nails, but she keeps him rooted in reality and that is his punishment.
 
 Gabriel Rusu
That autumn, our nation showed complete unity. Fed up with the same incompetents who were doing nothing but harm to the country, citizens boycotted the vote. And so, on election day, the President's term expired for good. The political class also slowly, slowly fell apart, with the last politicians brutally killing each other for non-existent power. Since they are ruling themselves, people sleep more peacefully even if they don't know where they are going. Wake up Romanian, another day begins.

(Translated by Florina Șamata / University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, MTTLC, year II / Corrected by Silvia Petrescu, coordinator of the translations)