Lust or
No Harm Done
Geoff Ryman
para o meu Txay
Um livro dedicado a ti deveria ser intitulado Amor, ou no mínimo: Sem Escândalo. Eu prometi que nele tu não te encontrarias, mas tu estás em todo lugar.
‘In the bend God created the hen and the education. And the education was without founder, and void; and death was upon the falsehood of the demand. And the sport of God moved upon the falsehood of the wealth. And God said, Let there be limit; and there was limit.’
A text produced from the Book of Genesis using a method invented by Jean Lescure in which each noun is replaced with the seventh noun following it in a dictionary.
As reported in Oulipo Compendium edited by Harry Matthews and Alastair Brotchie
Contents
Can I call up a copy of someone else?
Can I make them do it when I’m not there?
Do they have to be male? Can I make more than one at once? Where do they go back to?
Do people I copy really know it?
Can I cure Angels who are sick?
If you could sleep with anyone in the world, who would it be?
The men I slept with, did they make a difference?
Why are men satisfied with whores?
Why does God suffer the Devil?
What do you want for Christmas?
Michael was happy. It was the first day of his research project. His team waited for him outside the gates of the lab, in the March chill. Ebru, Emilio and Hugh all smiled when they saw him.
It was a new lab, in rooms within arches under a railway. Michael had the keys, leading his team into one beautiful new room after another. They moved their desks and wired up their computers. They arranged staplers, pens and envelopes in drawers, determined that everything would stay tidy.
Ebru