07/13/2026
Thank you but you do not must speak foreign words
because as you see i be singer at night –
the hotel give me the breakfast and lunch…shifts!
sim – supervisors mostly simpáticos
but also Fado be good for hotel no?
como explicar? mas o senhor entende –
you get my drift as you americans say?
ah not america? canadá of course
very beautiful country – big – big of course!
i have one cousin and aunt em Montreal
me? i be born in Moçambique – you know it?
but i die here – here be where i go to rest –
to rest my head at last as englishmans say
i am now fadista – what more be to tell?
(from Limboa , a sentimental anthem
by Brian Chan, 2023)
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