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We suffer on acute days - Sofremos nos dias agudos
We suffer on acute
clear days
we wake up to dream's prostitution
frequent days
nervous days
of aristocratic thin
sweat
moistening bodies in velvet caresses of water.

Labored breathing leads the way
tiredness
solitude
we can't see the sea from here
just plain and bush
and bush smell.

Digestion is not feasible
nausea rises in the throat
want to be vomiting
want to be Wagner's music
there is much loneliness in us.

(to read the Portuguese version click on the picture)

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

(post 1st edition, 2014; 2nd edition, 2019; 3rd editio, 2024)

7 comments

Armando Taborda replied to :

...en écoutant la musique concentrique de Wagner...

...mon coeur sourit pour toi, Agatha...
12 years ago ( translate )

Christel Ehretsmann said:

stifling dreams
stifling solitude
maybe Wagner's music will overflow this sadness
12 years ago

Armando Taborda replied to Christel Ehretsmann:

...for sure, Christel, Wagner's music overflows all status of mind...thanks much...
12 years ago

Armando Taborda said:

Thanks for fave, Name!
12 years ago

Armando Taborda said:

Je te remercie le fave, valserine!
12 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

J'apprécie beucoup ton fave, ami Lebojo!
12 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

Thanks for fave, Elbertinum!
9 years ago