O pássaro

voltou

sem o céu.

- AR

Havia uma boca

dentro da maçã.

- AR

O silêncio

abriu a boca.

Nada.

- AR

Uma fotografia

me olha

como se eu

fosse o passado.

- AR

O relógio

não marca horas.

Escuta.

- AR

A palavra

não encontrou a coisa.

Encontrou

outra palavra

sentada no lugar dela.

As duas ficaram em silêncio—

sem a coisa,

mas virando coisas

que dialogam.

- AR

even pleasure can be a crime, especially

once it’s lost

- diane seuss

as Orr writes, we move from

choked silence to blurted speech to diary with its useless key

- Diane Seuss

Takes time to get to minimalism, years lived through, eau de suffering, yes

- Diane Seuss

Is there nobility in poems? Let’s hope not.

- Diane Seuss

No memories of pleasure and pain amidst years of a love 

that was great, but which ended sadly.

- Patricia Highsmith, Loving Highsmith (2022)

And here is my diary,

containing the body —

the painfullest feeling is not 

of your own feebleness

- Patricia Highsmith, Loving Highsmith (2022)

The Lady

Guillaume Apollinaire

Knock knock He has closed his door

The garden’s lilies have started to rot

So who is the corpse being carried from the house

You just knocked on his door

And trot trot

Trot goes little lady mouse