From my hermetic and decadent flight
from my bird of prey glide
I know the parachutist technique
to land in a moment.

Do meu hermético e decadente voo

do meu planar de ave de rapina
sei a técnica do pára-quedista
para chegar ao solo num instante.

by Armando TABORDA, in "MANUAL DO DESPERDÍCIO", Ceres Editora, 1994

(post 1st edition, 2011; 2nd edition, 2017; 3rd edition, 2020, 4th edition, 2024)