tenderly

imagem de muhammed ali

Não havendo ingredientes, como sobreviver o Inverno. Tenderly.

Tenderly, Billie Holiday

Basket of figs

Bring me your pain, love. Spread
it out like fine rugs, silk sashes,
warm eggs, cinnamon
and cloves in burlap sacks. Show me

the detail, the intricate embroidery
on the collar, tiny shell buttons,
the hem stitched the way you were taught,
pricking just a thread, almost invisible.

Unclasp it like jewels, the gold
still hot from your body. Empty
your basket of figs. Spill your wine.

That hard nugget of pain, I would suck it,
cradling it on my tongue like the slick
seed of pomegranate. I would lift it

tenderly, as a great animal might
carry a small one in the private
cave of the mouth.

Ellen Bass

Nem gosto muito - ou pouco - desta Ellen Bass, muito comprometida com programas alternativos, escrita criativa, abuso de crianças, gays e lésbicas, grandes programas sociais e a arte por muito mais do que pela arte. Pesam-lhe demais os cadilhos, mas destes figos gostei. E da voz feminina gostei ainda mais.