Breviário das coisas breves

«A is for Always, that's were we embark;
B is for Boat pushing off in the dark;
C is the way that we find and we look;
D is for Diamonds, the bait on the hook;
E's for the Evil that lures and entices;
F is for Fear and its many devices;
G is for Good, as in hero and morning;
H is for "Help me!" - a cry, and a warning;
I am the author who scratches these rhymes;
J is the joke monsters make of their crimes;
K's but a kiss - lovers glow with elation;
L is, like 'eaven, their last destination;
M is for Mirrors you'll stare in forever;
N is for Night, and for Nothing, and Never;
O if for Ovens, far under the street;
P is for Piracy, blunt or discreet;
Q is for Quiet (bar one muffled scream);
R is a River that flows like a dream;
S is for - somewhere - a Skull and its Smile;
T is for Treasure heaped into a pile;
U are the reader who shivers with dread;
W's Warnings went over your head;
V is Vile deeds done in the night;
X marked the spot, if we read the map right;
Y's yous last question, the end of the ring;
(Z waits alone, and it's not for a thing).»
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