Linda Pastan - Vermilion (Escarlate)

 


Pierre Bonnard entrava

no museu com um tubo de tinta

no bolso e um pincel de marta.

Depois violando a integridade

de uma das suas molduras

dava uma pincelada de escarlate

na pele de uma flor.

Assim te parei eu

à porta esta manhã

e, passando o indicador pela língua, removi

uma migalha invisível

dos teus lábios escarlates. Como se

no ritual da despedida

tivesse de mostrar que ainda me pertencias.

Como se a correção fosse

a forma de amor mais pura.


Pierre Bonnard would enter

the museum with a tube of paint

in his pocket and a sable brush.

Then violating the sanctity

of one of his own frames

he'd add a stroke of vermilion

to the skin of a flower.

Just so I stopped you

at the door this morning

and licking my index finger, removed

an invisible crumb

from your vermilion mouth. As if

at the ritual moment of departure

I had to show you still belonged to me.

As if revision were

the purest form of love.


      Linda Pastan's Vermilion is a poem that has captured the hearts of many readers since its first publication in 1971. The poem is a beautiful description of a woman's longing to be seen as a vibrant and sensual being, rather than just a housewife relegated to the mundane tasks of daily life. Pastan uses vivid imagery and language to paint a picture of a woman who is yearning for something more, something that will bring colour and excitement to her otherwise dull and monotonous existence.


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