INTERLUDE

I don't believe she married him
Because he was in the fish business
Remarked Lois, which quieted
The ensemble some

From upstairs, an old Leonard Cohen tune

It was unfortunate the attorney general was involved,
If at a distance

Lois was the sister of the AG
Her husband puffy and long on anecdotes
The banker of a bank that defaulted

In the spacious woodlot behind the house
Fireflies began to glitter
Then flying squirrels visiting bird feeders

A government vehicle sidled under a linden

He should have joined the Coast Guard
As his mother had wished.

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INTERLÚDIO

Não acredito que ela se casou
Porque ele estava no negócio do peixe
Comentou Lois, o que acalmou
O grupo

Lá em cima, uma antiga música de Leonard Cohen

Foi pena que o procurador-geral se tivesse envolvido,
Mesmo à disância

Lois era irmã do PG
E o seu marido gordo e ansioso por anedotas
Banqueiro de um banco em incumprimento

No espaçoso bosque atrás da casa
Pirilampos começaram a brilhar
Depois os esquilos voadores visitaram os comedouros de pássaros

Um veículo do governo ao lado por baixo da tília

Ele poderia ter ingressado na Guarda Costeira
Se a sua mãe quisesse.

by Robert VANDERMOLEM, in "SKIN", Milkweed Editions, 2021

(Portuguese translated by Armando TABORDA, 2024)

(photograph taken from Internet - published under the fair use doctrine for noncommercial cultural purposes)