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On the stage - Em palco
The stage of life is there
it's yours

you can dance
sing
howl
recite a poem
carry out a comedy
drama
tragicomedy
cry
laugh

or you can just keep sitting in the audience
to envy the other's performance
O palco da vida está ali
é teu

podes dançar
cantar
uivar
recitar um poema
encenar um drama
comédia
tragicomédia
chorar
rir

ou podes simplesmente continuar sentado na plateia
a invejar o espectáculo dos outros

by Armando TABORDA, 2015

(post 1st edition, 2015; 2nd edition, 2021; 3rd edition, 2024)


10 comments

Steve Bucknell said:

All at once? Yes!
9 years ago

Armando Taborda replied to Steve Bucknell:

The stage is yours, Steve! :)
9 years ago

Steve Bucknell replied to :

Watch me juggle
as I walk across the high-wire,
and turn into a dove as I fall from the sky,
watch me reappear from a black top-hat
under water
as i wriggle out of straight-jacket and chains
watch me levitate
back to the wire
watch me juggle the twenty volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica
as I balance Proust on my head
and begin to answer "The 39 Steps is an organisation of spies, collecting information
on behalf of the Foreign Office of..."
watch me crumple
listen to my dying breaths
whispering of Stealth designs
9 years ago

Armando Taborda replied to :

with a poem like this you will never lose either balance or visibility, Steve
9 years ago

Steve Bucknell said:

Thanks Armando!
9 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda replied to Steve Bucknell:

Welcome, Steve!
9 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

Je te remercie le fave, Ma vie rira!
9 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

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

Armando Taborda said:

Je te remercie le fave, Alice!
3 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

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