I
my heart snaps.
this unexpected common-place: love.
on the rapid trajectory of the tram
from Sant’Ana to the city,
from Earth to Moon
julio verne
did I cross a comet’s nucleus?
I feel dressed in strange lights.
and the effulgent unrest of happiness—
those cloudless morning eyes . . .
my heart snaps.
the day—although hectic
I went to search for my uniform—
it rained
scare-visit.
aesthetic discussions
confidential automobile
the guys from Rio lost the match.
eta paulistas!
but those cloudless morning eyes . . .
my chorus!
and I think of her, uniquely I think of myself
I love every lover from São Paulo . . . of Brazil.
I am the talk of a hundred mouths
to kiss every woman in the world!
Suburra in my trembling arms amor!
my craziness, calm yourself.
. . . many days of military exercises . . .
dark previsions . . .
future revolutions . . .
perspective of a khaki slave,
my heart snaps.
love! . . .
II (the typewriter)
b d g z, remington.
to each letter of ours
mechanical echo
from fast-typed feelings
hurry, much hurry
duma feita surripiaram my brother’s
[typewriter
this is also in the poetry
because he had no money to buy another.
machinery equality,
love hate sadness . . .
and the smiles of irony
to each letter of ours . . .
the maleficent and the presidents of the republic . . .
writing with the same handwriting . . .
igualdade
liberdade
fraternité, point.
unificação de todas as mãos . . .
all the lovers
starting by some AA that look alike . . .
the husband that cheats on his wife,
the wife that cheats on her husband,
the mistresses the children the boyfriends . . .
“condolences.”
“difficult situation
dear friend . . . (and the 50 thousand reais.)
subscrevo-me
adm or. obg o.”
and the cursive signature
trique . . . estrago!
it’s on the letter O
amazement privation
pras almas especulas diante da vida!
todas as ansias pertubadas!
not being able to tell my ecstasy
besides your fiery hair!
the exclamation mark got misplaced!
my commotion
forgot to hit return
a thread was kept
such as a tear that is shed
and the period after the tear.
I however had no tears, I went “oh!”
besides your fiery hair
the machine lied!
you know I’m very cheerful
and like to kiss your morning eyes
see you wednesday, okay, ll.
I type two letterhead LL
and the cursive signature.
V
“—school! sense . . . less!”
and the morning
bridal
wintry
humid
mist
winds
drops of water
unrolling like a wool dryer ball
que frio! . . .
four paths of human menhirs
IMOBILIDADE ABSOLUTA.
but the souls shake, trespassed
“—heads up! no one move!”
and the fog embarks sees egrets flapping white wings
through Carnac alignments.
XII
that tram . . .
spring garden sensation
regular french alleys crowned with roses
wheezings by insects with metallic wings
light smell threadbare rosy of open roses,
of roses in the airs of grass in the path,
thousands of roses in the airs of grass in the path,
de rosas se rindo . . .
a will to love! . . .
it is however too trivial
this comparison of flowers and women
XIII
six o’clock in s. bento
the bandits suddenly close their eyes
the bell’s commanding voice
the immensely dark dawn
suffocates the square’s architectures
and the Verdi statue too, thank god!
hands in pockets
shivering troops
occult within scaffolding’s diggings
militaries like malefactors.
dlem! dlem!
“Sant’ana”
the procession is coming with its lights and candles
and establishes the voiceless agitated assault
anticlericals!
out with the banners!
the night’s priests disappear
the children of mary, from the fogs
terrified by the Anhangabaú . . .
muggers held by stirrups
aurora’s blood scraped in my eyes
risadas.
chamados.
cigarros acesos.
incêndio!
extermínio!
vitória completa . . .
it’s hella cold this morning . . .
we lean on each other’s bodies, asking
for an alm of heat.
and the tram shakes tap-dancing on the rails
in search of sinister graffiti-colored barracks.
XVII
Mário de Andrade, intransigent pacifist, amateur internationalist, tells his fellows that against his will, besides his sympathy towards every man on earth, besides his ideals of universal fraternization, he is currently a soldier of the Republic, interim defensor of Brasil.
and I march tempestuous noturno.
my soul city of bloody strikes,
inferno fire INFERNO on my chest
insolence blasphemy bocagens on the tongue
my eyes razoring the detested life
the view is reborn on the beautiful morning
paulicéia downstairs rough epiderme
made amber by the vigorous sun
with the blood of labor running through the veins of the streets
smoke bandeirinha.
towers.
smells.
noises
and factories.
on that house lives,
lives, let’s say: guaraciaba . . .
the one of fiery hairs!
the tram my close friends
that accompany me daily for
[work . . .
my house . . .
everything caiado again!
is so big the morning!
is so big breathing!
is so good liking life!
even pain itself is a happiness . . .
