The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the
cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Saturday June 25th, 2022 – World
Vitiligo Day
The World Vitiligo Day, observed on June 25, is an
initiative aimed to build global awareness about vitiligo. Vitiligo
occurs in 1-2% of the population worldwide; a loss of color in the skin
creating a variety of patterns on the skin from loss of pigment.
Vitiligo is often called a disease instead of a disorder and that can
have a significant negative social and/or psychological impact on
patients, in part because of numerous misconceptions still present in
large parts of the world.
Volcano Lovers #ShortStory #fiction by Abigail George
There are so many things going through Gail’s head at this
point in time. By the sea, part natural, part supernatural, it spits
driftwood out in the shape of a log, so much life, so much life, so much
life.
The river runs through it, asking for the taking. Gail falls, blue,
she sleeps the sleep of the dead. The dead do not struggle against all
the odds, on their terms to live, they sanction the most beautiful part
of their lives, and what was not celebrated in life, was celebrated in
death, and in the water, Gail is like a fish. Her father is not a tall
man, a cheating man with women on the side, a man’s man, he is fading
away into autumn, branches are growing out of him, his fingers are an
offering to God, sucking up all the clay, and the rain. All Gail wants
to do is drain the paradise of the morning, she thinks she’s in love,
but he’s older than she is. Her father, he does not smoke anymore.
There’s a sadness to the day. Gail swims laps bravely. In her thirties,
she swims laps bravely, and when she gets out of the pool, her father
towel-dries her hair. The smell of the rain covers her like a wedding
veil, and the earth is like a shroud.
Continue reading HERE!
Desert In Bloom #poem & #painting by Virginia Maria Romero
“He walks through the desert
grabbing handfuls of silken petals
heavy with morning dew
not thinking of the thorns
piercing his calloused fingers;
A working man…”
Continue reading HERE!
AntySaurus Prick #39 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
For more AntySaurus Prick, HERE!
For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE!
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