Echos Poem by Darlan M Cunha

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Life is brief? Complain in vain
but you can at least have the pretense
to stretch it to an intensity
bearable, in which measure
to measure, count and tame the errors
leaving behind brackish water

that life is more than the sensations
of taste - sweet, salty, sour and bitter -
that the brain detects
in a hurry or light, cold or hot
the mood and the discouragement are your prisons
unique, sock ball in the square yards of the jail.

Life is brief? More and more.


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LINGUEE, Germany. March 2020