Larkin (ou a difícil partilha) Since the majority of me Rejects the majority of you, Debating ends forthwith, and we Divide. And sure of what to do We disinfect new blocks of days For our majority to rent With unshared friends and unwalked ways. But silence too is eloquent. A silence of minorities That, unopposed at last, return Each night with cancelled promises They want renewed. They never learn. Philip Larkin (1922-1985) publicado na revista Os meus livros, nº13, julho/agosto 2003. Ana Roque --------