Alberto Estima de Oliveira — O Diálogo do Silêncio / The Dialogue of Silence 22

This one's cryptic. Using articles would make it less choppy, but also diminish its mysteriousness. As it stands, the poem sounds like the words of a non-human intelligence, or force, trying to describe something it saw in the night.

DAS

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22


sorriso
amável
amargo
armado
de tristeza

longa distância
de sombra
(marionete)
fecha os
olhos
sobre a noite

esquece.


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22


smile
kind
bitter
armed
with sadness

far away
in the shadows
(puppet)
closes its
eyes
on the night

forgets.