Chair adrift!
A man and a woman's story
Is set far from when they met
Before there was east in west
Where love is mandatory.
Before Northwomen grew quenchless thirsts for feeble man.
Chair adrift!
A man and a woman's story
Just like a drop of dirt in the ocean
Sinking its roots
Into a warm crust:
The birth of an island
Diogo Baião
sexta-feira, 18 de novembro de 2016
quarta-feira, 31 de agosto de 2016
Or Or
It is known through popular wisdom
Or through the dictators of freedom
Or through the dictators of freedom
that we are not free to make mistakes,
free to locate them where freedom dictates.
It is known by any child and its designated adults
from birth or lately acquired,
from families or cults,
unwanted or desired,
that a threat
is everyone that one did and did not meet.
The mason crushes the anemones
to create a poisonous potion.
The florist collects stones
to play throw in the ocean.
the river
is now an old wives' tale
the view from the bridge
just shows gravel and rail
And we go on looking for bridges,
for water or trail
and in the search for rivers
we only find gravel and rail.
A concrete shadow
or grin?
Nothing but her restless yellow
hair in the wind.
and we go on doubting the way we turn the locks
while we hide
from the fear that knocks
and mocks us from the inside.
Diogo Baião
free to locate them where freedom dictates.
It is known by any child and its designated adults
from birth or lately acquired,
from families or cults,
unwanted or desired,
that a threat
is everyone that one did and did not meet.
The mason crushes the anemones
to create a poisonous potion.
The florist collects stones
to play throw in the ocean.
the river
is now an old wives' tale
the view from the bridge
just shows gravel and rail
And we go on looking for bridges,
for water or trail
and in the search for rivers
we only find gravel and rail.
A concrete shadow
or grin?
Nothing but her restless yellow
hair in the wind.
and we go on doubting the way we turn the locks
while we hide
from the fear that knocks
and mocks us from the inside.
Diogo Baião
terça-feira, 9 de agosto de 2016
"Privo-a de sono..."
Privo-a de sono
E de cair
Quem quer cair
Como as folhas de outono.
Eu também sou folha
E caio a dormir num calor de verão eterno
Que queima como o frio de inverno
Quando ela me olha.
E a primavera vem
quando ela se fecha em flôr e eu desabrocho acordado.
Chega a estação calma para quem
Acorda e adormece como um corpo no retrato.
Acordado ou a fingir,
Vou sonhando um sonho antigo:
Encontrar alguém que me deixe dormir
E que durma comigo.
Diogo Baiao
quinta-feira, 30 de junho de 2016
Praia da Física
Mamilos que se perdem na paisagem
De um vasto busto
São preço justo
Para a imaginação em viagem
Diogo Baião
domingo, 26 de junho de 2016
Borda d'Água
Guarda-chuva
À prova de bala
Sobre quem uiva:
"Olhó borda d'Água!"
Sobre quem explodem as nuvens
Na estrada para o cais.
Seguem as placas ensopadas de letras solúveis
Sentido
"Lisboa-Cascais"
Segue a comitiva no trilho dos vinténs,
Pais de filhos, filhos de mães,
Contornado o mar novo.
E vai seguindo a comitiva de cães
Onde há quem se torne lobo,
Entre os que uivam: "olhó calendário do povo!".
Diogo Baião
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