Twin Peaks

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‘How do you say Twin Peaks in Portuguese?’ he asked.  

When he'd first visited the town in 2000, he had joked how it reminded him of a Brazilian version of the TV show. For its eccentric characters, all relatives of mine; for its sleepy, remote nature; for its stories of werewolves, ghosts and, more recently, strange going ons involving UFOs.

‘Nobody has been mysteriously murdered,’ I pointed out. ‘Yet.’ 

At the time, I lived in London and only visited my Picos Gêmeos annually. Since the pandemic, however, I’ve made these mountains my home. Amongst these tropical trees, new words bloom.