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<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\nLa Liturgia de las horas se pierde entre los pedestales con doseles bellamente trabajados, haciendo que el eco del fin de los d\u00edas resplandezca ante la luminosidad opaca del tiempo. Puedo escuchar c\u00e1nticos, salmos, ant\u00edfonas, himnos; puedo sentir las oraciones surgidas de las miserias peg\u00e1ndose como mantequilla derretida en el manto de mis enso\u00f1aciones. Dirijo mis viejos ojos hacia las vidrieras multicolores que s\u00f3lo reflejan el resplandor de las noches rojas; intento predecir los ruidos que huyen de los sarc\u00f3fagos de piedra tallada, pero s\u00f3lo puedo escuchar murmullos de silencio inmortal. He profanado el recuerdo de los santos m\u00e1rtires y sus vigilias; he mancillado el polvo desgastado que descansa sobre los libros eternos. Cuando de entre las cenizas vetustas que emborronan la memoria de los cuerpos lapidados por orden de las creencias, cuando todas las ep\u00edstolas que envilecen el futuro de los hombres, transformando las ideas en senectud enferma puedan ser malditas, ser\u00e1 el momento de preparar la pira y santificar las fiestas.<\/p>\n
Mi uniforme de mayordomo esta descolorido, ra\u00eddo y presenta descosidos visibles que no me preocupan en demas\u00eda. El ciborio lit\u00fargico descansa en un ba\u00fal de cedro junto con otras pertenencias del pasado. Ahora que mi futuro est\u00e1 agotado puedo rasgar en mi presente sin miedo ni verg\u00fcenza. No tengo temor porque soy mezquino; no temo a la muerte porque siempre ha sido mi aliada, mi amante, mi amiga. Las noches rojas siguen calent\u00e1ndome las venas pero al mismo tiempo produci\u00e9ndome un placer indescriptible del que nunca renegar\u00e9.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
F\u00e9licien Rops, \u00abLa muerte en el baile de m\u00e1scaras\u00bb (1865-75) El ciborio del senescal y las noches rojas A veces me veo como el criado y administrador de un linaje inexistente. Una especie de siniestro personaje con un mont\u00f3n de oscuros secretos, que se arrodilla delante de un ciborio de oro alqu\u00edmico con incrustaciones 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