Paulo Leminski, p.1



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one of these days I want to be
the great english poet
of the last century
to say
thou sky thou sea thou clan thou destiny
fight in india in 1886
and disappear in a clandestine wreck




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of how the polish jan korneziowsky
dressed in the attire
of joseph conrad
and became lord jim / childe harold




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parisianaut
manhattanaut
cosmonaut
without leaving the bar

how could I leave
there are countries
that I’d never get
to Madagascar