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LUNCH

LUNCH
(stay at home)
and I stay
I make my life a lot of piss and drowsiness
day or night
dreams are mere grotesque words
that are repeated in memory
the more I want to despise them
the more they settled in the insomnia

(stay at home)
and my upstairs neighbour
writes frantically
it's as if the lift on which she goes down and up
was the messenger between the unbearable life
and the liberating word, What for?

(stay at home)
and my next-door neighbour
an old lady-girl
every now and then get an appointment with her sister
they go to the street arm-in-arm
one with the mask under the chin
the other without a mask
to see if they keep life's oxygen
until the pandemic is under control, What for?

(stay at home)
and I stay
but now
if you don't mind
I'm going to buy a roasted chicken for lunch

///

ALMOÇO

(fique em casa)
e eu fico
faço da minha vida muita mijinha e sonolência
de dia e de noite
os sonhos são meras palavras grotescas
que se repetem na memória
quanto mais as quero desprezar
mais elas dominam a insónia

(fique em casa)
e a minha vizinha de cima
escreve freneticamente
é como se o elevador em que desce e sobe
fosse o mensageiro entre a vida insuportável
e a palavra libertadora, Para quê?

(fique em casa)
e a minha vizinha do lado
uma velha-menina
de vez em quando encontra-se com a irmã
vão ambas à rua de braço-dado
uma com a máscara debaixo do queixo
a outra sem máscara
a ver se conseguem manter o oxigénio da vida
até a pandemia ser controlada, Para quê?

(fique em casa)
e eu fico
mas agora
se não se importam
vou comprarum frango assado para o almoço

by Armando TABORDA, 2021

╰☆☆June☆☆╮, vero, Ulrich John, William Sutherland and 4 other people have particularly liked this photo


17 comments - The latest ones
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
Agora (16:52) já passou há estória...
Ficou o poema, Armando!
3 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to J.Garcia club
...ainda estou a fazer a digestão, Judite... :)

Bom jantar para ti!
3 years ago.
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
Obrigada por colocares no Grupo" Literatura e Escritores", Armando
3 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to J.Garcia club
És bem-vinda!
3 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
With such fine food, life is not hell, is it?
3 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to cammino club
...what we take in this life is what we eat and what we drink... :)
3 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave, Malik Raoulda!
3 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Fabulous shot and excellent pandemic poem! Stay well!
3 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to William Sutherland club
Thanks twice, William!
3 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Great poem and a yummy picture, Armando !
3 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Ulrich John club
Thanks twice, John!
3 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, homaris!
3 years ago.
 vero
vero club
Un poème grandiose, une photo superbe, Armando, Bonne journée bisous
3 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to vero club
Merci deux fois, Vero! Bisous!
3 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, June!
3 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
hmmmmm!
3 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Annemarie club
:)
3 years ago.

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