Among maple trees

Jorge Adelar Finatto

Among maple trees

and butterflies

the boy plays

against the street misery

and the family tragedy

he grows up

for a moment

at the world's dawn

the boy spins

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Poem from the book O Fazedor de Auroras, Instituto Estadual do Livro, Porto Alegre, 1990.

Foto: Photo: J. Finatto