Counting small-boned bodies

Robert Bly

Let’s count the bodies over again.

If we could only make the bodies smaller,

The size of skulls,

We could make a whole plain white with skulls in the moonlight!

If we could only make the bodies smaller,

Maybe we could get

A whole year’s kill in front of us on a desk!

If we could only make the bodies smaller,

We could fit

A body into a finger-ring, for a keepsake forever.

Fonte: Pinto, J. N. 2002. Solos do silêncio, 3ª edição. SP, Geração Editorial. Poema publicado em livro em 1967. Para comentários e detalhes adicionais, ver aqui.