I snapped this picture on my recent Portugal trip (was that only three weeks ago?). It's a picture that I snapped at the Café Brasileiria in Lisbon. As I've noted way too many times, it was one of Fernando Pessoa's favorite places, and whenever I visit I happily sit there, eating his favorite meal. It's also next to the famous statue of Pessoa, where people (although clearly not literate people) stop to pose for pictures. This always leads me to say to Janet, "I bet never of them have even read The Book of Disquiet. Wankers!" This picture was on one of those table clothes that cartoonishly celebrate the neighborhood. To the right of the Pessoa statue is Pessoa himself, glancing back, clearly in disgust, at people mugging next to his statue (or maybe he's just amazed that he even has a statue).
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