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| “The Promised One” Dóli alone Djena with no-one from the innocent romance the dark tragedy papa big man got himself a cow a bag of flour a cane drum some tobacco leaves the exchange the promised one three days after the moon hungry for love bitter mouth doesn’t eat thirsty for tenderness dry throat rejects water the tears swell and roll down the pale face Djena seventeen rains Djena a life to live Djena the promised one Djena today’s woman is hungry doesn’t eat is thirsty doesn’t drink woman’s body inert like the silence firm like the refusal rests intact in inviolable sleep from Vozes Poéticas da Lusofonia [Poetic voices speaking in Portuguese] |
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