The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Sunday November 14th, 2021 – World Diabetes Day
The Entrance of Humanity Into History #shortstory #fiction by Abigail George
My father, Vernon Aspara and I were vessels. Glass bodies rushing through the air. The line shifts golden. Basking in the sun, legs and hands and face turning brown in the sun. The bridge of the nose turned salmon pink. But then this black and white photograph became ephemera and our summer world turned cold out. Summer turned into winter as if by magic. Dogs bark. Scribbling the pavement and mud with urine and pop. The sun offers warmth. It brightens everything in its sphere. There is no shade. No shadow. Only bodies glistening with the Sheena of oily sweat. The day cries holy. Stems are anointed as much as patients going through cognitive behavioural therapy. Our bodies decay. We wither and die. Dying is an art. Seduction is a dazzling theory. My father is reaching for the light at the end of the tunnel.
I am at the end stages of a relationship. What conquistadors regret, mourning after, denial and bereavement are. I hope my mental health improves. There is something pure about the day. My dad’s hair, skin and boots are on fire. Flames of sun licking his ankles. I wish to forget the man and how he made me feel. That he claimed me like the sea claims and has ownership over humanity as individuals live, breathe, and sate their thirst with wine and beer. I think of David Foster Wallace. I think of the time he spent at Amherst. His depression and his suicide. I think of Anne Sexton. I think of her lovely face. I think of Emily Dickinson’s “Master” and her verses. Her religious father the Washingtonian congressman. Her invalid mother. Her sister Lavinia. Her sister-in-law. Her brother. Her Amherst.
It rained last night. The rain was pensive. I was in a mood too. Under the influence of an anxiety that tore at my garments. My hands are brown from sitting in the sun too long. I look older from sitting in this winter sun. I am also weary. I remember the time my brother caught a snake in the backyard. How absolutely thrilling that was. The killing. I wonder if the snake could hear ambulance sirens going off in the distance. I think of the spade twisting in the air as it came down upon the snake’s head. There was a writhing and a shudder passed through its entire body.
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Translations from the Cinema – Redbeard #poem by Dr. Lawrence Nannery
“Redbeard sees all, knows all, cures all.
Those grocking sounds are actually swallowings,
As the man forces himself to not cry out, not say the imprecations.
Percolations of the inward cries cause the glutinal clicks.….”
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World Diabetes Day
World Diabetes Day is the primary global awareness campaign of the diabetes mellitus world and is held on November 14 of each year. It was introduced in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization in response to the alarming rise of diabetes around the world. World Diabetes Day is a campaign that features a new theme chosen by the International Diabetes Federation each year to address issues facing the global diabetes community. While the campaigns last the whole year, the day itself marks the birthday of Frederick Banting who, along with Charles Best, first conceived the idea which led to the discovery of insulin in 1922.
Each year, World Diabetes Day is centred on a theme related to diabetes. Topics covered have included diabetes and human rights, diabetes and lifestyle, diabetes and obesity, diabetes in the disadvantaged and the vulnerable, and diabetes in children and adolescents
Diabetes, the most common disorder of the endocrine (hormone) system, occurs when blood sugar levels in the body consistently stay above normal. It affects more than 26 million people in the U.S. alone.
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Mika Toxica 21#11 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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