• Gilberto Gil

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Offspring

Offspring
abstract noun
The act, the creation, its moment
Like a new star and its parade
that only God knows, there in the sky
Offspring
Everything that's born is an offspring
Everything that sprouts, that avenges, that thrives
A rare offspring, like a flower in the ground
a plentiful offspring, like weevily wheat
Other times, the offspring is simply
in the present tense
Like the chains of a furious dog,
or the hands of an active farmer
sometimes, even dangerously
like an accident in a radioactive oven
Sometimes, only because I get nervous, I'll reborn
sometimes, only because I'm alive!
Rebirth, the immediate reaction
for every sensation of weakness
Rebirth, the heart saying: Beat!
for every punch of suffering
I'll reborn, this thunder in the middle of the woods
and the immensity of sound in this moment
 
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Rebento

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