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Poem

Márcio-André

this a temple

this a temple
just as my present lover’s
chain of teeth is a temple
 
her mouth once kissed a reveller
in the engenho novo carnival
 
since then she has scales on her teeth
pearls on her teeth teeth on her teeth
 
her body is a temple inside and around her
larger than the whole of her enormous
and envelops her head like a muscle
 
a temple can only be understood
from its inside
 
it’s in the temple that
this unconditional love is kept
 
we are each other’s temple

dit is een tempel

dit is een tempel
zoals de tandenketting van haar
die nu mijn geliefde is een tempel is
 
haar mond die eens een losbol kuste
op het carnaval van engenho novo
 
sindsdien heeft ze schubben op haar tanden
parels op haar tanden tanden op haar tanden
 
haar lichaam is van binnen en rondom een tempel
groter dan haar hele zelf enorm in haar
en omvat haar hoofd als een spier
 
een tempel kan alleen van binnenuit
worden begrepen
 
deze tempel bewaart
onze onvoorwaardelijke liefde
 
wij zijn elkaars tempel

este é um templo
como é templo o colar de dentes
desta que agora é minha amante
 
sua boca que certa vez beijou um folião
no carnaval do engenho novo
 
desde então tem escama nos dentes
pérolas nos dentes dentes nos dentes
 
seu corpo é templo por dentro e à volta
maior que toda ela enorme nela
e circunda sua cabeça como um músculo
 
um templo só pode ser compreendido
de dentro do templo
 
é no templo que está guardado
esse amor incondicional
 
somos templo um do outro
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this a temple

this a temple
just as my present lover’s
chain of teeth is a temple
 
her mouth once kissed a reveller
in the engenho novo carnival
 
since then she has scales on her teeth
pearls on her teeth teeth on her teeth
 
her body is a temple inside and around her
larger than the whole of her enormous
and envelops her head like a muscle
 
a temple can only be understood
from its inside
 
it’s in the temple that
this unconditional love is kept
 
we are each other’s temple

this a temple

this a temple
just as my present lover’s
chain of teeth is a temple
 
her mouth once kissed a reveller
in the engenho novo carnival
 
since then she has scales on her teeth
pearls on her teeth teeth on her teeth
 
her body is a temple inside and around her
larger than the whole of her enormous
and envelops her head like a muscle
 
a temple can only be understood
from its inside
 
it’s in the temple that
this unconditional love is kept
 
we are each other’s temple
Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
Lira fonds
Versopolis
J.E. Jurriaanse
Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
Elise Mathilde Fonds
Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
Veerhuis
VDM
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