NAUSEABUNDO / NAUSEOUS

NAUSEABUNDO

(© Patrícia Evans)

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Me irrita o calor,

o ar refrigerado exagerado,

o laço de fita, me irrita,

o cabelo solto,

o pescoço,

as unhas,

a cicatriz e a ferida.

Pensar me irrita.

O quadro na parede,

o tapete!

O tapete que eu arrancaria do chão

não fosse ele não ser meu.

O pente, a escova, o espelho,

me irrita a tua presença

e a tua ausência me irrita.

Me irrita eu ser quem sou.

Aliás, incomoda-me ser

e tanto,

que me tiraria de mim,

a essência, existência

e ainda o que houvesse no meio

com mordidas raivosas, doentes,

para que garis me levassem,

se não me irritassem

os carros de lixo que odeio

e a boca que mantém meus dentes!

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NAUSEOUS
(© Patricia Evans)

The heat pisses me off --
the exaggerated cooled air.
The ribbon pisses me off,
the loose hair,
neck,
nails,
the scar and the wound.
Thinking irritates me.
The picture on the wall,
the carpet!
The carpet that I would pluck from the ground
were it mine
The comb, brush, mirror,
your presence annoys me
and your absence upsets me.
It irritates me to be who I am.
Moreover, it bothers me just to be.
And so,
I would take away,
my essence, my existence,
and still what is in between, in the middle,
with sick, rabid bites,
so that the street sweepers could take me
If those garbage trucks that I hate
didn't annoy me so much as it does
the mouth that holds my teeth!

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Thanks Danette Johnson for the English corrections.