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[amongsnot]

there are baby shoes in your drawer.

you don’t know how long they’ve been in there—a month, a year, perhaps even two—just that they are gently tucked into the right corner, taking space on top of a toddler onesie.

you sit down on the edge of your bed, cradling the shoes between your hands; cupped like a dove. you tentatively pick one up (turning it around with squinted eyes) and read the size on the back. it reads a number that you do not understand.

but you once did, and there are baby shoes in your drawer, and you are not a baby.

you are eighteen. you are eighteen with a job (to a store you’ve never bought a toy from) and a family (that does not love you) and a life (that does not feel like yours).

and the baby shoes did not belong to you eighteen years ago. they are new and shine and your mother would never buy you something this nice.

the baby shoes are chaste in the front from where a little kid took their first steps. the shoes are tied (double knotted with care and worry). the shoes were put in your bedside table with a precarious sort of caution. the shoes belonged to a baby that was loved, and you did not know that feeling eighteen years ago.

there are baby shoes in your drawer, and they are purple.

you frown and put them on top of your bedside table, next to the tank without fish.

you pull out the onesie that belongs to a toddler next, unfolding it and holding it out in front of you. it has a pun on the front that makes you smile. (“my brother mayde dis shirt!” it reads. then, in a small font underneath. “he cant spel.”)

and you know that this onesie does not belong to you either, because you never had a brother. your parents would rather kill you and then each other before having another kid. your mom still glares at you in the bathroom mirror when she looks at her stretch marks. your dad still forgets to unlock the door when you come home from school.

you would never have a brother; but that’s fine. it’s what you’ve grown accustomed to, after all.

so you would never have a brother, and there is a onesie in your hands.

and there are baby shoes on your bedside table.

you examine the onesie further, checking it for stains or grease marks or rips. you check it for signs that it has been lived in, and you are surprised to see that there are none. this is not the ending you want, though; it is not the ending that the kid with the onesie and the purple shoes deserves.

you run a hand through the neck hole and pull at the cloth from the inside, desperately searching for a sign that this kid had been loved. you glance upwards, through the entryway to your bedroom and at the mirror hanging on the wall in the hallway (there is no physical door to your room. your parents had it removed as soon as they could). you check your own clothes, noting the wrinkled creases and year-old stains. you look at the onesie in your hands and search for everything that you don’t recognize: grass stains from playing outside and food stains from yummy meals. rips from growth spurts and baby drool.

there is nothing, and you come to the terrifying realization that this kid will grow up to be just like you.

the world does not need another one of you.

perhaps you should do something about that. stop it before it happens.

subconsciously, you run a hand through the hole for the neck and check the inside, and then you run a hand through the sleeves, pushing something hard and sharp out of the other end.

you pull your hand out and grab the card, and you pull your hand away from it just to leave a red stain, but you do not care because youve had babysitter who have done worse damage.

(“happy fifth birthday poof!” the card reads, accompanied by a small doodle of a balloon.)

there are three lines that have been scribbled out, before the writer finally decided on a meek “i love you.” and your hand shakes. you can feel a tear run down your cheek, landing on the card next to a similar water stain.

you throw the card across the room and bury your face into the piece of clothing. you don’t know why you’re crying now, when you’ve never cried once in your whole life. you don’t know why you recognize the hand writing on the card. you don’t know why you know what the three lines scribbled out say (“i’m going to miss you.” “it’s better this way!” “you’re going to do great things, i wish i could be there to watch.”).

you don’t know why you bought a purple onesie with a card addressed to a person you don’t know.

you don’t know why you don’t know.

all you know is that there is a card on the floor of your bedroom, and a purple onesie in your lap.

and a pair of baby shoes on your bedside table.

[diasporaslippage]

[lovesmokerguys]

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[ Source : Chri Saracchi by Sam Cosmai ]

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Robot Token by Sergio Cosmai

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Dark Tales of Whimsy

Dark Tales of Whimsy is a new short fiction collection from Endless Ink Books. I’ve previously read and enjoyed Endless Ink titles, including a 2020 short story collection, Earth’s Final Chapter. Dark Tales of Whimsy follows the pattern of 4 short stories around a theme, this time with twists on fairy tales and myths. Reimaginings can be a rough genre, because it’s so saturated with generations…

[econsider]

Cia LaMala apresenta BLOOM – caminhos e encontros

Contemplado pela Lei Paulo Gustavo, o espetáculo circense será apresentado em São Paulo, Joanópolis, Araras, Mauá e Bragança Paulista

Anotem na agenda: nos dias 24 e 31 de agosto, o público poderá prestigiar gratuitamente o espetáculo BLOOM – caminhos e encontros, da Cia LaMala. O espetáculo será apresentado às 17h no Mundo do Circo ( Av. Cruzeiro do Sul, 2630 - Carandiru). Em cena um coletivo de 7 acrobatas que carregam suas ancestralidades, histórias pessoais, repertório de gestos, movimentos e acrobacias. A partir de um "alfabeto acrobático", os artistas brincam com o risco, ritmos, surpresa, com as combinações e aliterações, aproximando-nos mais de um processo poético do que um trama narrativa linear. BLOOM – caminhos e encontros atravessa diferentes nuances e temperaturas, criando uma partitura emocional que tem como referência os ciclos da natureza, onde o florescer (bloom) da primavera concentra toda a potência do encontro em forma de movimentos, cores e sonoridades, empreendidos para um exercício de valorização identitária brasileira e atual.

O espetáculo marca um importante passo da Cia Lamala ao agregar novos artistas ao seu elenco a partir das ações de formação e difusão da técnica de mão a mão, que realizou ao longo dos seus anos de atuação. A dramaturgia do espetáculo relaciona os caminhos dos encontros com a energia cíclica da natureza, em sua impermanência e atmosfera própria de cada fase. O espetáculo é tecido a partir da conexão entre individualidades, que se relacionam para compor um espaço de várias dimensões. Verticalidade, horizontalidade e subjetividade, por meio da linguagem do circo e das acrobacias, permeiam transformações, onde a essência de cada indivíduo está preservada e conectada com o todo para o florescer dos encontros.

Ficha Técnica:

Concepção: Cia LaMala 

Dramaturgia: Marina Bombachini

Direção: Carlos Cosmai

Elenco: Carlos Cosmai / Jaqueline Macedo / Jorge Olivares / Julias Reis / Marina Bombachini / Victor de Angelo / Wesley Peixinho

Serviço

Onde: Mundo do Circo - Av. Cruzeiro do Sul, 2630 - Carandiru

Quando: 24 e 31 de agosto, às 17h

Para quem: Livre

Quanto: Grátis

ESTE PROJETO FOI CONTEMPLADO PELA LEI PAULO GUSTAVO, MINISTÉRIO DA CULTURA E GOVERNO DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO, POR MEIO DA SECRETARIA DA CULTURA, ECONOMIA E INDÚSTRIA CRIATIVAS

Sobre a Cia La Mala

Fundada em 2005 a partir do encontro entre Marina Bombachini e Carlos Cosmai, a Cia LaMala tem como disparadora da sua pesquisa cênica a técnica circense a acrobacia de mão a mão. Nestes anos de atuação, tem participado de importantes ações culturais e festivais nacionais e internacionais de Circo, como Fira Trapeze de Reus, na Catalunya, Espanha, CIRCOS do SESC, Festival Mundial de Circo de BH, Festival de Circo do Brasil em Recife.

A Cia que se formou exclusivamente em território nacional, busca referências de matrizes brasileiras no corpo circense, promovendo uma pesquisa cênica guiada pela valorização do acúmulo de saberes em diversas áreas, se dedicando a depurar seu olhar crítico às influências eurocêntricas no sentido de afirmar uma identidade criativa brasileira e atual para o seu fazer na linguagem circense. Atualmente tem em seu repertório 6 espetáculos, sendo estes dirigidos por diferentes diretores como Domingos Montagner, Fernando Sampaio, Lu Lopes, Marcelo Lujan, Ronaldo Aguiar e Bruno Rudolf. -------------------

Imprensa // André Moretti 11-98269 6704 

[paoloferrario]

La riforma del codice degli appalti, A cura di: Antiniska Buonanno, Paola Cosmai, mag 2023

La riforma del codice degli appalti, A cura di: Antiniska Buonanno, Paola Cosmai La riforma del codice degli appalti Il testo orienta nell’applicazione pratica delle nuove disposizioni, anche attraverso il costante raffronto con quelle omologhe del D.Lgs. 18 aprile 2016, n. 50. A cura di: Antiniska Buonanno, Paola Cosmai. Scopri di più!

[cosenzapage]

A distanza di 38 anni Cosenza rinnova il ricordo di Sergio Cosmai

https://www.cosenzapage.it/media/2023/03/Sergio-Cosmai.jpg - #CosenzaPage “A distanza di 38 anni dal barbaro e cruento assassinio di Sergio Cosmai ho ritenuto doveroso organizzare un evento per ricordarne la figura di servitore dello Stato che, pur consapevole del grave rischio personale, ha contrastato la criminalità organizzata affermando i valori della legalità”.

[remnandes]

Behold, the cover for Dark Tales of Whimsy! Cover art by Oz Osborn

Dark Tales of Whimsy is a collection of four short stories which weave elements of folklore with modern influences, engaging readers with tales of danger, curses, and more than a little mischief. 

Tooth, written by Simone Le Roux

In her short, Tooth, Simone LeRoux introduces us to Peg, who is feeling the pressure of surviving tooth to tooth. Join Peg and her ambitious cousin, Orla, as they aim to evade the woeful fate of Tooth Fairies who break the rules. 

Anti-Cupid, written by Carlotta Cosmai

In Carlotta Cosmai's story of love, we follow dead-beat husband and father, Cupid. In time, his arrows have been replaced by an enchanted smart phone, and his desires have become sleazy and self-serving. Follow his daughter, Pleasure, as she tries to bring true love back to Rome.

Little Miss Muffet Meets Anansi The Spider, written by Remy Fernandes

It's been a while since 'The Spider Incident,' when Missy lost her foot from the bite. Now, she has grown to adulthood and landed a job at the Ice Cream Hut at the zoo. When her lunch break is interrupted by a talkative spider, Missy finds herself in a deal with a hungry, eight-legged intruder, whose antics could cost Muffet more than her job.

Three's Last Stand, written by Alyssa Blackmon

In Alyssa Blackmon’s re-telling, we meet Three, the brick house-maker, who now has spent years being hunted by the big bad werewolf and his turned brothers. The day has come that Three can finally find closure with his brothers, and gain vengeance on the wolf.

Coming to endlessinkbooks.com on March 21st!

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Art by Oz Osborn oz (@0zpng) • Instagram photos and videos

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Hull Breach 

by Sergio Cosmai

[diasporaslippage]

Diletta Cosmai

[misschief6-9]

More CosMay! There are so many awesome cosplayers I want to appreciate these will probably continue well beyond May @missmaelee thankyou for being the inspiration for today's CosMay! Your body painting skills are Amazing! - - - #cosplayfanart #cosmay #jinxcosplay #jinxlol #jinxleagueoflegends #jinxleagueoflegendscosplay #cosplayappreciation #instaartist #artistsoninstagram

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Feral Ghoul by Sergio Cosmai

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Starfinder: Starship Operations Manual - Canyon Chase by Sergio Cosmai