a arte do recibo, transcrição cancerígena de elizabeth bishop para o recibês

The art of recibo isn’t hard to master;
so many recibos are sent to the wrong
referente that the indiferença is no disaster.

Passe one recibo every day. Accept a mensagem
visualizada e não respondida, the recibo badly spent.
The art of recibo isn’t hard to master.

Then practice passar recibo farther, faster:
cite motéis, o nome da outra, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.

I lost my mother’s vergonha na cara. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved maridos went.
The art of recibo isn’t hard to master.

Perdi duas cidades que amava. And, pior,
some paisagens tão minhas, dois rios, um continente.
I miss them, mas não é nenhuma tragédia.

—Even losing you (taurino e novinho as
I love) I shan’t have lied. It’s evident
the art of recibo is not too hard to master
ainda que pareça (PASSE O RECIBO!) uma tragédia.