Sylvia... Goodbye

(foto: Sylvia Plath)

"As colinas penetram na brancura.
Homens ou estrelas
olham-me com tristeza, desiludo-os.

O comboio deixa um rastro do seu alento.
Oh vagaroso
cavalo da cor da ferrugem,

Cascos, dolorosos sinos...
Toda a manhã
a manhã obscureceu

uma flor abandonada.
Os meus ossos absorvem a quietude, longínquos
campos enternecem o meu coração.

Ameaçam
levar-me para um céu
sem estrelas e sem pai: uma água negra."

(in Pela Água - Sylvia Plath - "Ovelhas na névoa")




("Sylvia's mother" - Bon Jovi - live)


"Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's busy"
"Too busy to come to the phone"
Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's tryin'"
"To start a new life of her own"
Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's happy"
"So why don't you leave her alone?"

And the operator says
"40 cents more for the next 3 minutes"
Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell 'er
Goodbye

Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's packin'"
"She's gonna be leavin' today"
Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's marryin' "
"A fella down Galveston way"
Sylvia's mother says "Please don't say nothin'"
"To make her start cryin' and stay"

And the operator says
"40 cents more for the next 3 minutes"
Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell 'er
Goodbye

Sylvia's mother says "Sylvia's hurryin' "
"She's catchin' the nine o'clock train"
Sylvia's mother says "Take your umbrella"
"cause Sylvie, it's startin' to rain"
And Sylvia's mother says "thank you for callin' "
"And, sir, won't you call back again?"

And the operator says
"40 cents more for the next 3 minutes"
Please Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please Mrs. Avery, I just wanna tell 'er
Goodbye

Tell her goodbye

Please
Tell her...
Goodbye"

(lyrics: Sylvia's mother - Dr Hook)

Isabel Reis Santos