CHILD

 

 

 

 

CHILD

 

Where did stop the cat

That buzzed by walls,

Angry dog jumped on,

And fled through yards?

 

It was still a child,

And played with life.

 

Where the boy hid

who played ball in the street,

Teased the teachers

And bear the punishments?

 

He  was a child in the revelry of life.

In disappointments he  aged.

 

Antonio Carlos Rocha

 

CRIANÇA

 

Aonde foi parar a gata

Que zunia pelos muros,

Pulava no cachorro bravo,

E fugia pelos quintais?

 

Era criança ainda,

Brincava com a vida.

 

Aonde se escondeu o menino

Que jogava bola na rua,

Arreliava as professoras

E suportava os castigos?

 

Era criança na folia da vida.

Nos desenganos, envelheceu..

 

Antonio Carlos Rocha