ridiculous skull

Fernando Pessoa in fascicle issue one

Sometimes I become happy for a moment to think that I will die
And be buried in a coffin made of resinous wood
My body surely melt into shocking liquids
My features come undone in varicolored rot
And a ridiculous skull come gradually to light down there
So dirty and tired and blinking away

BEYOND ANOTHER OCEAN
NOTES BY C. PACHECO
To the memory of Alberto Caeiro
Translated by Chris Daniels