um pássaro azul dentro de mim

bela animação baseada em poema de charles bukowski e feita por monika umba em 2009. via @HominisCanidaee.



aqui o poema.

"the bluebird"
(do livro the last night of the earth poems, 1996)

there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but i’m too tough for him,
i say, stay in there, i’m not going
to let anybody see
you.

there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but i pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he’s
in there.

there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but i’m too tough for him,
i say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
europe?

there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but i’m too clever, i only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody’s asleep.
i say, i know that you’re there,
so don’t be sad.

then i put him back,
but he’s still singing a little
in there, i haven’t quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it’s nice enough to
make a man
weep, but i don’t
weep, do
you?

e abaixo, o próprio bukowski recita "bluebird".