TE19 Iberian Adventure

Gonçalo M. Tavares

Notification of the number of fireflies sighted per night.

A task close to the ground and up in the air, in 2020.

A very tiny natural light emitted by a very tiny animal.

This very tiny light announces that the night is not too much.

And it also announces that the artificial spotlights have not occupied all the square footage of the world. The woman who was speeding up on the street says she’s not in a hurry now, she’s afraid.

They’ve announced research into procedures, a vaccine and a medicine.

In a few hours, more than a hundred fireflies have been detected in the night that is far from the news.

Neither very dark, nor too much brightness.

And 100 is sometimes the number that marks a strong resistance and an itinerary.

“Carry the light, and do not look back”, says my oracle, Morya’s Garden. And I obey.

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