Paulo Leminski

BEYOND SOUL (A Gram Later)

     My far-off heart's going on again.
It's waving. It wants to come back.
     On my chest, a bronze plaque:
NOT HIRING. NO VACANCY.
     What good's that little thingy?
It won't stop beating.
     It's acting like a clock
that's gone totally insane.
     Who needs that weepy gadget?-
I'm fine, far as I can see,
     and emptiness outside flows
smoothly into me.

[trans. Chris Daniels]

 

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