The Dancer

The dancer made of rubber and bird dances in the foreground of

the dream.

    At three hours of sleep, beyond the dreams, in the secret cham-

­bersdeath reveals.

    Among monsters made in writing-ink, the dancer made of rubber

bird.

     Of the daily and slow rubber I chew. Of the insect or bird I can't

catch. 

Joao Cabral de Melo Neto