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76. Lies... (5344 times seen)
By Miscellany | 23-02-2013 | Love Poems
You told me you would always take care of me. Now that my world has turned upside down I realize you lied. You told me you would always be there for me. Now that I'm all alone I realize you lied. You told me countless times you would always love me. I see you with her now and realize you l...

77. Metaphor, Metonymy and Synecdoche (22746 times seen)
By Miquel Molina i Diez | 20-02-2013 | Language
Metaphor forms part of our way of thinking, of understanding the world. At times, it lexicalizes (that is, it becomes very common), and we are not aware that we are using a metaphor: Life is not a bed of roses. We base on previous models to produce communicative units, and a transmitter, a receiv...

78. Taboo Words, Euphemisms And Dysphemisms (10673 times seen)
By Miquel Molina i Diez | 20-02-2013 | Language
Taboo words are those that are considered in bad taste by some people or that are better to be avoided because they mention realities that are stark or vulgar. They refer to sex, religion, necessities such as the act of emptying the bladder or the bowels, and so on. Examples: fuck, fornicate, mastur...

79. A New Star in the Firmament (3765 times seen)
By Miquel Molina i Diez | 20-02-2013 | Love Poems
Fortune-tellers said that there’s a new star in the firmament, that if I close my eyes, and listen to my heart, I’ll see her, that everything a man asks for is in this star. Fortune-tellers said that I could only perceive her with my heart, that I should never try to use my eye...

80. Old Age (6477 times seen)
By Miquel Molina i Diez | 20-02-2013 | Letters
Dear Old Age, It seems just yesterday that I was only a kid, and played in the garden with my parents. It seems just yesterday! Now I feel lonely and desperate: nobody loves me! I don’t think I deserve to end my days so lonesome. I have given the best of myself to help others, but now no...

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