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Adília Lopes

Weather Report

God didn’t give me
a boyfriend
he gave me
the white martyrdom
of doing without one

I’ve known some potential
boyfriends
they were swine
they were elephants
and me pearls
and crystal

You don’t want me
you never did
(why, for God’s sake?)

Life
is free
and the book
isn’t free

I cry
it rains
but that’s
Verlaine

Or:
such a beautiful
day
and I’m not
fornicating

Meteorológica

Meteorológica

Deus não me deu
um namorado
deu-me
o martírio branco
de não o ter

Vi namorados
possíveis
foram bois
foram porcos
e eu palácios
e pérolas

Não me queres
nunca me quiseste
(porquê, meu Deus?)

A vida é livro
e o livro
não é livre

Choro
chove
mas isto é
Verlaine

Ou:
um dia tão bonito
e eu
não fornico
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Weather Report

God didn’t give me
a boyfriend
he gave me
the white martyrdom
of doing without one

I’ve known some potential
boyfriends
they were swine
they were elephants
and me pearls
and crystal

You don’t want me
you never did
(why, for God’s sake?)

Life
is free
and the book
isn’t free

I cry
it rains
but that’s
Verlaine

Or:
such a beautiful
day
and I’m not
fornicating

Weather Report

God didn’t give me
a boyfriend
he gave me
the white martyrdom
of doing without one

I’ve known some potential
boyfriends
they were swine
they were elephants
and me pearls
and crystal

You don’t want me
you never did
(why, for God’s sake?)

Life
is free
and the book
isn’t free

I cry
it rains
but that’s
Verlaine

Or:
such a beautiful
day
and I’m not
fornicating
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