Oh, black Persian cat!
Was not your life
already cursed with offspring?
We took you for rest to that old
Yankee farm,—so lonely
and with so many field mice
in the long grass—
and you return to us
in this condition—!
Oh, black Persian cat.
William Carlos Williams
foto de Jorge Vasconcelos em olhares.com Ao trepar sobre
o tampo do
armário de conservas
o gato pôs
cuidadosamente
primeiro a pata
a direita da frente
depois a de trás
dentro
do vaso
de flores
vazio
William Carlos Williams