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I should write more fun stuff,
entertain the crowds.
Avoid, at least, sad scenes,
change clothes once a month.
I could, of course, move away from the body
from its moods.
Enter biopolitics, use its methods,
get a joyful idea pregnant.
Anyway, I've nothing against professional suicidals
and other beyond's performers.
It's not that I don't feel like
leaving you in a tram without brakes.
Leave you in a foreign country,
witout money and without memory.
Don't be deceived, I know how to lower my pants.
Do the trick.
But if my psychiatrist read this,
he'll think the treatment
no longer works.

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Devia escrever coisas mais divertidas,
entreter as massas.
Evitar, ao menos, cenas tristes,
mudar de roupa uma vez por mês.
Podia, decerto, afasta-me, sair do corpo,
dos seus humores.
Entrar na biopolítica, usar os seus métodos.
Engravidar um ideia alegre.
Enfim, nada contra os suicidas de carreira
e os demais performers do além.
Não é que não me apeteça largar-te
num eléctrico sem travões.
Deixar-te num país estrangeiro, sem dinheiro e sem memória.
Não se iludam, ainda sei baixar as calças.
Fazer o truque.
Mas se o meu psiquiatra ler isto,
vai achar que o tratamento
já não funciona.

by Golgona ANGHEL, in "NADAR NA PISCINA DOS PEQUENOS", Assírio & Alvim, 2017

(English translated by Armando TABORDA)

(photographs taken from Internet; mosaic by Armando TABORDA)

Ulrich John, Steve Bucknell, cammino, ╰☆☆June☆☆╮ and 6 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Aschi "Freestone"!
6 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
leave the psychiatrist and go for a walk with your wife.
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club has replied
Not me but Golgona! I don't need psychiatrist, indeed! I just came back from a walk with my wife!
6 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
That seems an excellent translation!, and an exceptionally well chosen image.
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club has replied
Thanks twice, Steve!
6 years ago.

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