2020-05-07

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2020-05-07 06:43 pm
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Day 82 - Predators

Paçoca rushed past me this morning with something in its mouth: a chick.

‘It’s still alive!’ my brother said with disgust. I went after Paçoca to make sure he wouldn’t bring it inside the house. Paçoca swatted it across the floor; it flapped its wings weakly then fell back into his possession.

Should I have saved the bird? Should I have mercy killed it? How could a lovely cat be so cruel? Nature, you’d say.

They asked our president his thoughts on 5,000 deaths from COVID-19 so far in Brasil.

‘So what?’ he replied.

To some, he is the Messiah.