In waiting for the good News

Flavio Musa de Freitas Guimarães
2 min readNov 10, 2021

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Themis, pythoness of the Temple of Delphi

In my anguish,

licked finger

seeking wind directions

left messages to the moon

prowling its full

You already know.

In miraculous teacups

I poured some leaves and oil.

To my appeals

Mães e Pais de Santo[1]

They played cowries, cards;

tried hard

to understand horoscopes,

even the one my best,

that does my daughter did.

I heard stars, tried to understand them,

listened to the murmur of the sea,

You already know.

I received messages

in which Saints

promised miracles

If I resend them;

I resent and… Nothing!

Nothing, I just trust Delphi.

From him, I know, the answer will come.

At the foot of my Parnassus

not in Phytos,

and yes on the table,

I enter the temple

every morning

and I click on Pitonisa.

I wait for that effluvium

Of light pneumas, sweets,

open mysterious signs.

I hear sounds that I think

be it from the Fountain: plim, tlim…

And behold, Themis, intoxicated,

Opens a prediction for me.

Somewhat misty

they were the first.

More auspicious every day

were nurturing hope,

forcing me to visit

tomorrow and after, after…

like this for years

faithful, I consult Delphi,

in the morning, afternoon, night,

fueled by hope

which many say is fantasy.

Apollo, Sun, light of truth,

he will tell you who is right;

Themis, first pythoness,

also the goddess of justice

Justice will do me.

Tomorrow, after and after,

I will enter Delphi, click on Themis

until THE prophecy arrives

Which, after all, will save me.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A3e-de-santo

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Flavio Musa de Freitas Guimarães
Flavio Musa de Freitas Guimarães

Written by Flavio Musa de Freitas Guimarães

Already watching the eighty-eight turn of the Earth in curtsy around its King, I’m an engineer that became a writer, happy, in perfect health, body and mind.

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