TE19 Iberian Adventure

El Colombiario

the children of Yemayá writhed. Having usurped the treasure of the sea of seven colours, the fisherman, shy island lover, simmered the rundown. Lit by the stars, with face pale and melancholy, like a distorted reflection of his colourful catch, he sobbed: Im don gaan. Im not kom! She’s gone. The barracuda of the green eyes and the blue tears no longer comes.

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