TODAY'S

TODAY'S

SHORT STORIES

Manum super te pone

"Ante respondeas” December story

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Anna Atsu
Dec 14, 2025
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Place a hand on your body first.

On the kidneys — renes.

On the ovaria.

On the hips — coxae.

On the heart — cor.

Move the hand higher.

On the pulmones.

On the throat — larynx.

On the lingua.

Lower the hand again.

On the great absorber —liver — hepar.

On the stomach without much discipline of refusal — ventriculus.

On the intestine you feed so well.

Pause.

On the colu…

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