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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 has replied
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
Armando Taborda club has replied
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.

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