DIVE: DEATH'S SLICE OF LIFE
Poema/conto I
"Era um garoto, pela morte, enamorado. E desde cedo já sabia agradar seu bem-amado!
Assim ele matava aranha, grilo, periquito e rato. Em seu quintal não sobrou nenhum lagarto!
Sem resposta, frustrou-se com tamanho desdém! E jurou amar mais ninguém.
E com esse novo amor, quase se casou. Mas pra sua surpresa, bem em frente a igreja; um raio o acertou!
Quando no céu, o motivo da morte um anjo perguntou, deve ter sido ciúmes, ele retrucou!"
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"He was a boy, by death, in love. And from an early age he knew how to please his beloved...
So he killed spider, cricket, parakeet and mouse. There are no lizards left in his house!
Without an answer, he was frustrated with such disdain, And swore to love no one else ever again.
And with this new love, he almost got married! But to your surprise, right in front of the priest; A lightning made him roasted beef!
When in heaven the reason for death an angel asked, it must have been jealousy, he snapped!"
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Poem by Neto Robatto, first published in the book of poems "Arriscado" by Neto Robatto, 2021-BA, Brazil. Translated for the first time in this NFT.
