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I tidy the books.
I take them out from one shelf without order and place them in another with order. Empty spaces remain.
Hourly.
I have told you nothing.
I call the others.
What I could say is dangerous: certainly (just like I said: I'll be back in ten years) that we meet again, sooner or later.
But I don't know when.

Reencounter sooner or later---the starting point.

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Tenho arrumado os livros.
Tiro de uma prateleira sem ordem e coloco em outra com ordem. Ficam espaços vazios.
Hora em hora.
Não te tenho dito nada.
Ligo para os outros.
O que eu poderia dizer é perigoso: certeza (assim como eu disse: daqui a dez anos estarei de volta) de que nos reencontramos, cedo ou tarde.
Mas não sei mais quando.

Cedo ou tarde reencontro---o ponto de partida.

by Ana Cristina CESAR (1952-1983), suicidal Brazilian poet

(English translated by Armando TABORDA, 2019)

(photograph taken from Internet; edited by Armando TABORDA)

The Limbo Connection, Ulrich John, Steve Bucknell, aNNa schramm and 9 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Armando Taborda
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Thanks for fave, Demetrius Chryssikos!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Thanks for fave, goandgo!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Je te remercie le fave, Laurence!
5 years ago.
 aNNa schramm
aNNa schramm club
Bücher - Bücher ...
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to aNNa schramm club
yes...in the shelf...
5 years ago.
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
As pessoas são como livros...

Obrigado, Armando!
5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to J.Garcia club
...muitas delas estão arrumadas na prateleira errada…

Nada para agradecer, Judite.
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Je te remercie le fave, Nouchetdu38!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Thanks for fave, buonacoppi!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Thanks for fave, cammino!
5 years ago.
 Xata
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Assim como para as coisas da vida...
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Xata club
...por vezes guardámos as coisas da vida em prateleiras tão esconsas, que as perdemos...
5 years ago.
 Annemarie
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wonderful this Armando
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Annemarie club
Thanks Annemarie!
5 years ago.
 aNNa schramm
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open a book and sink into it ...
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to aNNa schramm club
OK! I do!
5 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
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We’ll meet again too, Armando, I don’t know when, but outside a bookshop in Lisbon, maybe,
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
I'm sure! Any place will be good for us!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Thanks for fave, Ulrich John!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Thanks for fave, The Limbo Connection!
5 years ago.

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