MANUEL MACHADO - Corner of a sleeping look

Corner of a sleeping look

Don’t break the cigarrette that has already gone in smoke, nor fold the image of the volatilized smoke. Always remember the first breath between the two red lips that rest on that warm bed there open.

There is always a sign of joy in the corners of a sleeping look; and when that sign of joy is not visible, there is always the glowing color of the two lips that breathe on that warm bed there open. – Kiss them, kiss them instead of folding the image of the smoke that already flew.

Oslo, June 1979

Manuel Machado, Enquanto os Coveiros Dormem, p. 35

Tradução: Rogério Sousa