Happy I shall be,
to take with me a bottle of wine,

+ which when placed in a cauldron, with a bit of clove and cinnamon,
+ and gently warmed over low heat, would produce the most
++ exquisite drink of all, that would befit the cold evening perfectly,
+++ so much so that heaven and earth gets transposed momentarily,
++++ and sends many a heart transfixed at least this instance…

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The stomach is indeed what the universe
must strive to please, with caldo quentinhos (hot soup)
and other salubrious options that simply become irresistible,
particularly on a Thursday, the day of thunder and rumblings…

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Perhaps if we had placed the belly before the mind,
we could have ”averted” the two-world wars and other such calamities that
had happened since then, And history could have been very different now…

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After all, it is good to be in a subjunctive mood and ask ‘what if’…
as it adds creativity and imagination to an otherwise dull history…