o mar em mim

(fragmento)

aquele centro de mar 
   maraltoceano
                                     mar do meio
                                     mar de dentro

                                                          o mar-sea
                      aquele mar
                                     preso num peixe
                                                                        o mar daquele fish
                                                   aquele mar 
                                   onde
                 the sea grows old in it
                                                céu
                                                e sal
                                                      e sol 
                                                            de uma só vez
                                                                              sol insólito
     luz
                                                               luz
                                     luz
pus que solapa
          o mar turquês
                                            o mar de marianne
                                                moore
                                                        na linha do horizonte
                                                                         o mar bifronte
                                              incêndio de escamas
                                                                       onde
                                                                           um peixe-chama
      azul
verdeazul
      azul
cinzazul
trama de prata
                            o peixe tece
                            no ar
                                o mar 
                                       que nele envelhece
                                                   e sacode em mim tardo e triste
                                                                    sim-sim the fish não pode
    the fish
                                                                                    reviver
                                                                    in it
                                                                             revolver seu próprio fim

Rio de Janeiro, 1997
de Minas em Mim e o Mar Esse Trem Azul, 1999