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Poetics of autonomy XII –Dia da LusofoniaWith the relief of the co-ordination measures, greater mobility is possible in Portuguese territory. The State that grants itself the right to limit the freedom of movement of its citizens, in the name of an alleged public health benefit, now recognizes that the risk of spreading contagious disease is under control. That is, if preventive measures were taken, instead of being at home, in social isolation, it becomes possible to move more freely, even though these movements are supposedly justified by work actions or family visits.The well-being necessary for physical and psychological balance, which implied, for example, a walk in a garden near the residence, was not under coercion or restriction measures. But these tours were not supposed to translate into long walks on the beaches or in natural parks, closed or limited in their use.Therefore, in addition to working on access to the natural space, it was less protected by the hand of the State. In itself, it is good news, even if cultural spaces are found, with the exception of libraries and bookstores, they remain closed, with opening scheduled for the second fortnight.Access to reading was therefore not conditioned, although I could not walk in a physical bookstore, we had access to virtual bookstores and newspapers throughout the emergency period.Access to culture was thus divided between readings and tours. Both limited. Now that the limits are widening, we can, in theory, do whatever we want.One of these things is to celebrate the day of Lusophony, which celebrates the 5th of May. In previous years it was just a given. Now, in the absence of a topic, he has gained more followers on social networks, who everywhere write poems and exalt the virtues of the language immortalized by Camões.Among the poems is the number of speakers. Proud tugas claim to be the 6th most spoken language in the world. 240,000,000! Two hundred and forty million say proud.In fact, of those, if we remove the 200 million that are in Brazil, 40 million remain, of which 10 are in Portuguese territory. Of the remaining thirty, among emigrants and inhabitants of African countries, their number is unknown.For example, in Guinea-Bisau, of its half million inhabitants, 10% less will be Portuguese speakers. There the Portuguese is in clear retrogression, compared to the Creole and the French. In Mozambique, there is controversy over the choice of Portuguese, after independence, as a national language, with those who defend another national language. In Angola, between Quioco and Quinbundo, Cabinda etc.We then ask what are the results of the strategies for the language, who does it and how it is done, and what results are being obtained. I do not dare to give an opinion but I fear that it may not be encouraging. We therefore have no choice but to continue to live in this illusion of the imperial language and perhaps it would be good for us to celebrate the dialogue of our language with the other languages ​​that make this language grow.