Flores Raras Page #3

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such a good idea.

Of course it is.

Help!

Help me!

Help!

Help me!

Stop!

Mom!

- Help!

- Mommy!

Mommy, mommy!

Give me the bottle.

Give me the bottle.

Son of a b*tch, Cookie.

Into that world inverted

Where left is always right

Where the shadows

are really the body

And we stay awake...

Where the heavens are shallow

As the see is now deep

And you love me...

Into that world inverted

Where left is always right

Where the shadows

are really the body

Where we

stay awake all night...

That is like we imagine

knowledge to be -

Dark, clear,

Moving, utterly free

Drawn from the cold, hard,

mouth of the world

Drive from

the rocky breasts forever

Flowing and flown.

Pretend you're floating

on a wild river

and you're very, very scared.

Elizabeth, this telegram

arrived for you.

Open it.

No, I can't.

Telegrams are always bad news.

- Give it to me.

- Don't.

I'll open it.

Sweetheart, please.

Stop it!

I'll open it.

- Cookie...

- What

You're scaring me.

You won the Pulitzer...

for "North and South."

You won the Pulitzer Prize!

Miss Bishop!

Miss Elizabeth Bishop,

Ambassador James Clamenton,

and his wife Mrs. Maridan.

Miss Bishop,

it's a real privilege

to have you here

with us tonight.

Thank you.

It's an honor to be here.

Shall we

When I was in college

and stayed up late,

they punished me

for being 'bohemian.'

Here in Brazil

you all stay up late,

and your best beer

is called Bohemian.

I have always felt alien.

Here in Brazil I am an alien.

I was orphaned young

and have always felt homeless.

So far away from America,

I should feel more alien

and more homeless than ever,

but you treat me like a sister,

and I have never felt

more at home in all my life.

Thank you.

Now you have the Pulitzer -

what else do you want from life

The Nobel Prize for literature.

What about you, Carlos

What do you want

I want to be president.

I will be president of Brazil.

Just Brazil

In fact, today I took

the first step.

The UDN Party invited me to

be their candidate for governor,

and I accepted.

It will be announced tomorrow.

- I hope you win.

- Thank you.

- Here is...

- A toast...

To the future governor

of the State of Guanabara.

Cheers.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

Excuse me.

Miss Bishop.

Jose Eduardo...

It's an honor.

Thank you.

I liked "North and South" a lot.

Thank you again.

And I'm also so glad

my daughter's taste

in Americans is improving.

You're lucky to have a father.

Knock it off, Cookie, OK

That's the father you have.

Well, if you don't stop,

I will uncork this in your eye.

- No!

- Yes. Yes, I will.

Don't you do that!

That really hurt.

That That was nothing.

Go on then. Try me.

Oh, my God...

I've never made love

to a Pulitzer Prize winner.

I think I've already had

more than enough.

Just a sip, for us.

You celebrated

with the whole city.

It's my turn.

Hmm

Hello.

Oh... Cal

Cal, who is paying

for this call

Yes, yes, it was tonight.

Precise observation

combined with

a free-roaming imagination.

I'll take it.

That's better than

"observations broken

into lines."

Yes, you did!

Yes you did say that!

Don't deny it.

He did

He called you

Lota...

Darling.

Can you believe

Aldous Huxley loved my book

I loved your book too.

I wrote a poem for you.

Do you want to hear it

Um hmm.

Close, close

All night the lovers keep

They turn together

in their sleep

Close as two pages in a book

That read each other

in the dark

Each knows all the other knows

Learned by heart

from head to toes

Do you like it

Lota

I love you, Lota.

Guess what Carlos wants me...

Sorry, darling. I'm just...

right in the middle.

Oh.

Lota!

The New Yorker wants me

to write poems for them

on a regular basis.

Wow, that's fantastic!

Don't they pay really well too

Yes, yes, it's all marvelous.

So, what's the problem

I don't know...

It's a commitment.

You don't like commitments

I already have

a commitment - to pessimism.

A pessimist

is never disappointed.

Carlos wants me to go to Rio

to help him in his campaign.

He wants your money.

I'm sorry...

That was totally unnecessary.

And not true.

No, not true.

My idea was to write a poem

based on some of my favorite

Brazilian expressions.

So it is true,

you are the queen

of the black coconut candy,

but still your cow

is stuck in the swamp.

You ask me to break

a branch for you,

but still from

on top of the dry meat.

You've always pulled

the sardine toward yourself,

and yanked on my sack

like a bellringer.

But now your luck has changed

and even the urubu flying

beneath you craps on your head.

It was you who said,

"Pepper in someone else's eye

is such sweet refreshment!"

So, help you

No, amiga.

Go comb a monkey.

He loved my ideas...

And we are going

to build a park.

You're magnificent.

I know.

I'll be in charge

of all creative of decisions,

and... supervise the entire

construction of the park.

I'm so happy for you.

We need a drink.

Yes.

I'm going to ask Mary

to work with me.

She needs the money,

and I need

somebody I can trust.

Hello, Elizabeth.

Good afternoon, Carlos.

Good to see you.

Hey, hey, Cookie.

- Is everything all right

- Yeah, yeah.

Mary.

Hello, Elizabeth.

I...brought a surprise.

Thank you, thank you,

but Mary already

took care of lunch.

Thank you anyway.

Please go through the park,

if you wouldn't mind.

I live on 43rd

and Madison Avenue.

Elizabeth.

The male biceps...

Meet my Nubian prince

and saviour, Lota,

he who bore me down

from Purgatory.

Wait, wait.

Let's go. Careful.

Hi, Auntie Elizabeth.

Hello, sweetie.

How was school

I hate being the new girl.

Oh...

Well, you'll be back

at Samambaia soon.

I don't like Mommy to work.

You have to go eat.

Are you drinking whiskey again

Is she asleep

Out like a light.

Did you tell Clara I drink

Your drinking is not

a secret to anyone...

It was to Clara.

Did you tell her

Please, please.

Let's not ruin dinner.

Maybe she just

overheard something.

Kids have big ears.

She shouldn't

have heard anything.

She's a child,

and one I'm terribly fond of,

and I'd appreciate if you

wouldn't poison her against me.

I'm concerned about my daughter

living under the same roof

as a drunk.

Mary, that's enough!

Elitist!

Anything that's new

or they haven't seen before,

they call elitist!

This country

doesn't deserve you.

Maybe we should

get out of Brazil.

People keep

talking about a coup.

That's what we need!

I can't believe

you're saying that.

This president is a disaster.

Even so, he was

democratically elected.

There has to be a process.

This is the process, Elizabeth!

We are in South America!

Do you want live

under a communist regime

Do you

Maybe we should

take a vacation.

How dare you

demean me like that

- What

- Vacation Now

- Actually...

- Why not

After all, it's not like

I'm writing great poetry.

I'm just a glorified gardener!

I won't abandon my country -

or my park!

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