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Everything starts in the mouth - É na boca que tudo começa

Everything starts in the mouth

the weeping

the speech

the nourishment

the love

the hatred

the pain

and also

the last breath.

(to read the original Portuguese version please click on the picture)

by Armando TABORDA, in "SINFONIA EM DOR MENOR", Edição Escola de Mar, 2007

Illustration by Carlos ALEXANDRE

(1st edition, 2015; 2nd edition 2018)


11 comments

Shi* said:

She licked her lips.
Swallowed imperceptibly.
The merest pursing.
She said, kiss me,
feed me, taste me,
breathe ...
I exhaled.
15 years ago

Armando Taborda replied to Shi*:

...that's a great "last breathe"...Dave...thanks very much...
15 years ago

Rita Guimaraes said:

Lindo, e eu concordo plenamente, amigo.
Uma excelente semana pra você.
8 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda replied to Rita Guimaraes:

Muito obrigado querida Rita!

Minha boca sorri para ti!
8 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

Je te remercie le fave, Christine!
8 years ago ( translate )

Steve Bucknell said:

And the last smile.
5 years ago

Armando Taborda replied to Steve Bucknell:

...the smile of the last breath...
5 years ago

Armando Taborda said:

Thanks for fave, .t.a.o.n.!
5 years ago ( translate )

Christel Ehretsmann said:

how right you are !
makes me think of Olievenstein's book "écrit sur la bouche"...
"la bouche peut mordre, comme elle peut embrasser, elle parle vrai ou nse délecte de perfidies"
quite an interesting subject;..
5 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda replied to Christel Ehretsmann:

...thanks for your comment and quotation which I didn't know, Dear Christel!...
5 years ago

Armando Taborda said:

Thanks for fave, goandgo!
5 years ago ( translate )
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