Português
Poem by Iacyr Anderson Freitas
Translated from Portuguese by Desirée Jung
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take your ear
to the ground
the hardness of the world
has long exiled you
from real encounters
the noises of the world
listen to the time
transcend
the calendars
and await you
in secret
under the sheets of every age
like a tree
in the basement
lower your ear
and forget
this calm
that traverses
the doorsill and the century
to witness
your heart
age
Poem published in The Immense Hour
