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Friday, 1. August 2003

Dying of Macarena in Rio



Where does weariness comes from? The sky outside, which can’t make Up its mind to be blue or black?

I am not journeying. I have to make A canoe for myself after I fell this tree With my pen and paddle my life up

The river, dodging the anacondas And various kinds of malarias, as I drag my dog like skin to where Maria

Stands and shivers. Her son meanwhile Is the silent sentinel over our harbor, Street children and the death squads.

What a miracle indeed it is to be alive! In the streets tonight a woman wraps Her leg around a man’s torso. Tango

Enables them to fall into each other, Mad flamingoes that seem to lash The evening twilight with their necks.

From the cafes spill yellow lights, pressed Out of the distilled grapes and knifes That glint as they slice the meat.

They have even announced the dates Of the carnival and you want to dance macarena. Only where does this weariness come from?




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