NUNO COSTA SANTOS - Sometimes it's an insect that triggers the alarm

Sometimes it's an insect that triggers the alarm

Sometimes it's an insect that triggers the alarm
a buzz that detonates the heart.

Sometimes it´s a comma that falls on the sentence
a head that collapses on any shoulder.

Sometimes it's a match
that glitters blissful entries 
in the dictionary of the days.

Sometimes not even that.

Sometimes it's a breath that turns over the world
in the belly of time
like someone who's getting ready for a new life.


Nuno Costa Santos, Às vezes é um insecto que dispara o alarme, Companhia das Ilhas, 2012
Tradução: Rogério Sousa