SURPRISE!

 What? 2 posts in one year?

Yeah, surprise. 

Just thought I'd yank yer chain.

Found a beautiful poem today by Manoel de Barros.

O apanhador de desperdicios

I use words to compose my silences

I don't like words that are tired of informing

I like the ones that are face down on the floor,

such as water, stone, frog.

I understand the accent water has.

I respect things that aren't important,

and beings who aren't important.

I value insects more than I value planes.

I value a turtle's speediness more than a missile's.

I was born with tardiness.

I was equipped to like birds.

I am deeply happy for that.

My backyard is larger than the world.

I am a waste catcher.

I like leftovers, just like the flies do.

I wish my voice were a song.

Because I don't like informing,

I like inventing.

I only use words to compose my silences.

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