Ricardo Domeneck

1977 / Bebedouro, São Paulo

Body

bod·y
(bŏd'ē). n. pl. bod·ies. No-
body's. Weight and mass
(please don't confuse them)
attached to surfaces
of the binary code
known as masculine and feminine.

1.a. Geography of self-placement. Area with well-defined borders; dedicated space to dream of dictionaries.
1.b. Locus of focus in terror, hocus pocus of logic in damp orifices.
1.c. Carcass. Back to reality.

They say
the same air
can't surround
the same two people
at once.

2.a. Dangerous standard for the mechanics of purity; the illusion of hygiene.
2.b. Not a tree.

Colors ordered
according to preference.
Delivery follows the rules
of genetic production.
Red-headed specimens
with a penis
are a rare treat.

3.a. Unreliable in raincoats. Makeshift and often vacillating. Anything that comes in parts.
3.b. A set of mistakes and misunderstandings known as sanity; a public corporation.

The private sphere
is a nightmare, too.

4.a. A commercial establishment.
4.b. For instructions, refer to manual. And oral.

Sound
known as voice
causes adherence
to its definition.

5.a. Gobbledegook that won't sweat in photos.
5.b. The biggest play about friction. Anal Tommy.
5.c. Machinery to make liquids.
5.d. Fated for lubricants.

If cut or pierced,
awakens.

6.a. Exclusively for indexes and appendixes.
6.b. For mass, what's tangible. For matter, rags.

Give it water,
make it celestial.

7. Comfortable furniture that requires maintenance. A collection or quantity, as of material or information: proof of its inflation.

On a map,
YOU ARE HERE.

Translation: Hilary Kaplan
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