How many am I in this prolonged summer which die sweat over the deodorant from a while ago
where am I in the mirror's image?
Generations of men and women pass by me as insects flying against the city's walls.
Who am I low flying over the bed's abyss where I lay down without sensuality
nor fear
why this still joy made of vertigo
how many heteronyms laugh in my face?
onde estou na imagem do espelho?
Gerações de homens e mulheres passam por mim como insectos voando contra os muros da cidade.
Quem sou eu voando baixo sobre o abismo da cama onde me deito sem sensualidade
e sem medo
porquê ainda esta alegria feita de vertigem
quantos heterónimos se me riem na cara?
by Armando TABORDA, in "MANUAL DO DESPERDÍCIO", Ceres Editora, 1994
(written in Angola, 1966-1968)
(post 1st edition, 2011; 2nd edition, 2017; 3rd edition, 2020; 4th edition, 2023)
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