Paisagem de Interior

Countryman in the middle of the road
naked boy crying
roll of tobacco and cassava bread
striped straw mattress
a pair of drunkards hugging
old black praying woman
mule, jeep, and tractor
sheet flying stretched out
this is spit and image
inland landscape

Three stinky kids
hanging around a truck
leather hat, leather vest
store with variety
dust at the mercy of the wind
cocada stand
toothless woman laughing
at the stories of a singer
pregnant woman feeling pain
with the child almost born
this is spit and image
inland landscape

Drunkard scratching his shin
slipping on a fruit
on a doorstep, a country woman
scrubbing a pot
dog on a female dog
escaping the stones
hoe, rope, and hoe
in the hands of the farmer
in the garden, a hummingbird
on a blooming plant
this is spit and image
inland landscape

Mastruz and lemon balm
under a jatobá tree
boy wanting to see
the laundry woman's pants
a creaking gate
an eight-bass accordion
ripe pitomba fruit
a singing canary
truck full of voters
with all votes sold
this is spit and image
inland landscape

A reckless driver
and a jeep full of potatoes
a basket of espadrilles
fat pig in the pigsty
a swindling street vendor
aloe, gecko
old bearded goat
hunter's bag
a cowboy singing
a drowsy grocer
this is spit and image
inland landscape

Girls in a circle dance
jump rope and music
sweeper gossiping
a sack of flour
hen clucking
May novena
stray dog and parrot
groundstone sharpener's cart
colorful facades
a malnourished child
this is spit and image
inland landscape

A lively female donkey
male donkey chasing
a gas lantern
old man in a chair huffing
battery radio playing
a sausage, a stew
a trapiá branch
full of flowers
stove, fan
a fearless killer
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inland landscape

A pot welder
under the gameleira tree
sweat, balinheira
a yellow suitcase
girl at the window
taipa and latada house
cloud giving rain
in front of the doctor's house
towel on the washbasin
a well-swept yard
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inland landscape

A foot-of-the-hill forró
bonfire, corn, and balloon
pounding of the pestle
a bleating little goat
homemade butter
noise in the middle of the fair
stab in the dance hall
respectful countryman
priest, mayor, and doctor
the most knowledgeable men
this is spit and image
inland landscape