Bebido o luar, ébrios de horizontes,
Julgamos que viver era abraçar
O rumor dos pinhais, o azul dos montes
E todos os jardins verdes do mar.

Mas solitários somos e passamos,
Não são nossos os frutos nem as flores,
O céu e o mar apagam-se exteriores
E tornam-se os fantasmas que sonhamos.

Por que jardins que nós não colheremos,
Límpidos nas auroras a nascer,
Por que o céu e o mar se não seremos
Nunca os deuses capazes de os viver.

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Oskar Kokoschka, Enfant Terrible

THE ALIENS
from The Last Night Of The Earth Poems

you may not believe it
but there are people
who go through life with
very little
friction of distress.
they dress well, sleep well.
they are contented with
their family
life.
they are undisturbed
and often feel
very good.
and when they die
it is an easy death, usually in their
sleep.

you may not believe
it
but such people do
exist.

but i am not one of
them.
oh no, I am not one of them,
I am not even near
to being
one of
them.
but they
are there

and I am
here


Charles Bukowski