Venha cá, Florbela,
vamos conversar.
De onde você tirou estes versos
tão amargos, tão tristes e tão fortes?
Como sabe você,
que ando perdida, que não tenho norte,
que sou a irmã do sonho e desta sorte,
e que sou a crucificada, a dolorida?
Sombra de névoa tênue e esvaecida,
que o destino impele brutalmente
para a morte?
Que sou aquela que passa
e ninguém vê,
que sou a que chamam sem o ser
e a que chora sem saber por quê?
Você acertou, porque
sou, sim, a visão
que alguém sonhou.
Alguém que veio ao mundo pra me ver,
mas que NUNCA na vida me encontrou!
(Versos do soneto “EU”, da saudosa poeta portuguesa Florbela Espanca)
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Satire is the ultimate inside joke for those who are paying attention. — Toni @ Bohiney.com
A quality satirical piece is the democratic tradition of bringing the mighty low through humor. — Alan @ Bohiney.com
The satirist’s craft is making audiences think they’re having fun while actually thinking. — Alan @ Bohiney.com
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Satire is the truth told slant, as Emily Dickinson might say if she wrote headlines. — Toni @ Satire.info
Satirical journalism: where the writer’s bias becomes the reader’s entertainment and enlightenment. — Alan @ Bohiney.com
Satire is the laughter that comes from the gap between what is said and what is meant. — Toni @ Satire.info
A world without satire is a world without critical thinking, without questioning, without laughter. — Toni @ Satire.info
The satirist’s pen draws blood from power through laughter, not violence. — Alan @ Bohiney.com
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It’s the intellectual equivalent of a pie in the face of authority. — Toni @ Satire.info