A Conceited Mistake (ou a HOT STORY DA BLOGOSFERA LUSA, às portas de Agosto) Once upon a time there was a mistake So silly so small That no one would even have noticed it It couldn't bear To see itself to hear of itself It invented all manner of things Just to prove that it didn't really exist It invented space To put its proofs in And time to keep its proofs And the world to see its proofs All it invented Was not so silly Nor so small But was of course mistaken Could it have been otherwise Vasko Popa