Sunday, February 7, 2010

GREW UP IN? WELL, DUH. . .


WE LIVED IN THE BUILDING ALL THE WAY AT THE LEFT, WITH BALCONIES, SNOBBY ART DECO
PARQUED ALL IN CORK IN THE MANNER OF THE POST BEFORE


MY PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER DONA FRANCISCA PEREIRA CARNEIRO, LIVED UP THERE


MY MATERNAL GRANNY DONA MARIA RODRIGUES BRITTO, LIVED ON THIS STREET, CLOSE, THERE IS
CAMPO PEQUENO IN THE BACKGROUND, THE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION ACROSS THE STREET


AH, MY SCHOOL IN LISBON EVERY ROOM AND HALLWAY PAINTED FROM GROUND TO CEILING,
WITH PICTURES OF 16TH CENTURY 'MATO' IN BRASIL, IN RUINS NOW


WE LIVED BEHIND THAT MONSTROSITY CALLED 'THE RITZ'


'THE WESTERNMOST POINT OF EUROPE' CABO DA ROCA


I SPENT SUMMER HOLIDAYS AT MY AUNT MARIE'S NEAR HERE, SHE WAS ACTUALLY MY MOTHER'S AUNT, WHO RAISED HER IN SHANGHAI, CHINA


MY UNCLE ARTHUR AND MY AUNT NIDIA LIVED NEAR HERE


I WAS BORN IN CASCAIS, MY PARENTS LIVED IN ESTORIL THEN

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