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The Last Fragments· 2026Where the Lights Go· 2026

13 FRAGMENTS

The Last FragmentsPOETRY

Travelers

When we reach the edge of the Universe, we will hold hands...

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The Last FragmentsPOETRY

Good Things

A few hours ago we were arguing, for no particular reason...

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Vivid Image

I could hear the snowflakes hitting the sleigh and the frozen apples shaking off their dreams...

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The Blue Lanterns

It was winter... In front of the house, the snow came to life, transformed into us...

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The Black Sand

Gather, wind, the ashes of lost time; we have grown old beside the cherry tree in full bloom...

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Time

We were talking, it was somewhere a few years ago. By chance, the years have passed...

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Nameless

The realm of dreams, in which we were born and grew up, has begun to die...

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The Dandelion Gardener

I shall write a cheerful poem too: once there was a child, with giant strides...

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The Last FragmentsPOETRY

The Moment of Life

I often return among the rocks, with the same profound passion...

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The Last FragmentsPROSE

The Nocturnal Gravel Bank

The summer days were long, scorching and laden with the stale smell of still water...

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Where the Lights GoPROSE

The Dream of Ash

I dreamed I was in a world of smoke and could not breathe...

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Where the Lights GoPROSE

The Spirit of Paris

It was quite hard to feel the spirit of this city if you were not an artist who dreamed...

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Sunset Over the Pannonian Plain

The horizon was losing its frail line, swallowed by the golden mantle of the sun...

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