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MY MOTHER'S MATTRESS

MY MOTHER'S MATTRESS
Upstairs, in the heat, beside the handkerchiefs,
my mother's navy-blue horsehair mattress

still, although it's August, smells of damp,
of horses in the hush of damp forests,

of Spassky, still a child, playing chess
all day long, with nobody, in silence -

Spassky, whose seductive ingenuity
my mother has no need to understand.

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O COLCHÃO DA MINHA MÃE

No andar de cima, com calor, ao lado dos lenços
o colchão de crina de cavalo azul-marinho da minha mãe,

apesar de estarmos em Agosto, ainda cheira ao bafio
dos cavalos no silêncio das florestas húmidas,

de Spassky, ainda criança, a jogar xadrez
sozinho, todo o dia, em silêncio -

Spassky, cuja sedutora ingenuidade
a minha mãe não conseguia compreender.

by Selima HILL, (b. 1945), British surrealist poet, in "LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS", Volume 38, Number 14, July 2016

(Portuguese translated by Armando TABORDA, 2016)

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 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave, Christine ****!
7 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Magnifique Armando,tu fais un travail remarquable.
Bonne journée.
7 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Malik Raoulda club
Je te remercie du fond de mon coeur, Malik!
7 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
What a great poempoem. Together with this picture ! Have a nice afternoon, Armando
7 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Ulrich John club
You are a nice friend of mine, Ulrich!

Thanks much!
7 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, cammino!
7 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, .t.a.o.n.!
7 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
In the kitchen, Armando is playing chess with Glenn Gould.
Glenn is humming to himself. At the kitchen range, Selima
is cooking Prawns de Jo. It smells of rotting fish.

Never mind, says Selima, it will taste good. Armando
is confused:Glenn is playing the Goldberg Variation,
very slowly. It's time for hisTaborda Defence.
7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
...but I'm defenseless, Steve!

I dont play chess! :) :)
7 years ago.
Steve Bucknell club has replied to Armando Taborda club
Glenn Gould doesn't play chess! Do you play the piano? Can you help Selima cook the fish stew?
7 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
...the Goldberg Variations are too difficult for my pianistic level...I think it's easier for me to be the Assistant of Chef Selima...:) :) :)
7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.
 beverley
beverley
;-)
7 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to beverley
:)
7 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Lorenzo Salmonson!
7 years ago.

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