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Here we are
at last
João e Maria
made for each other
in the probability of sidewalks:
in this bank we kiss
in this garden we devoured ourselves
in this street have left us
joão
and maria
we get lost
with the clothes of the body
from one place to another
in the forest
of days
(Indians) and (indigents)
crossing the Avenue paths
under the passion of sun.
The conversation and drawings in a low voice, on the edge of the desk and in the border of no-
tebook, described earlier on this evocative presentation, were also the beginning and base of our
coexistence and understanding throughout life. Even when we did not see each other, due to the
occupation of each, for long periods, we resumed, at the reunion, the demanding and productive
conversation, forehead to forehead, as if the same point, or at least in the same tone. The final con-
firmation of this sentiment came when his son Micael told me that his father had told him shortly
before his death: that he liked to talk with two persons, with him, Mica, and with me. As it turns out,
the conversation continues in writing.
Armando Freitas Filho
November, 2012
Armando Freitas Filho
(Rio de Janeiro, 1940) Brazilian poet and writer, author of several books including his first
writing,
Palavra
(1963);
3X4
(1985), winner of the Jabuti award;
Fio Terra
(2000), winner of the Alphonsus Guimaraens
award and released in DVD, directed by João Moreira Salles (2006);
Máquina de Escrever
(Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fron-
teira, 2003) which gathers the first 40 years of his work, and most recently,
Lar
(São Paulo: Companhia das Letras,
2009). As a literature adviser, works at Ministério da Educação e Cultura (Ministry of Education and Culture – 1974), in
the Instituto Nacional do Livro (1980), and in the Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas do Ibac/Funarte (1994). Since 1985,
organizes several publications on the work of poet Ana Cristina César. His poems
Mr. Interlúdio (À Mão Livre, 1979)
and
Substituir-se
,
Fugir sem Rasgar (Números Anônimos, 1994)
were republished in the album of lithographs
Dupla
Identidade
(Bogotá: Arte dos Gráfico, 1994) of Rubens Gerchman.