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Although Vinicius had established his public figure through poetry and popular song, he was one of the greatest prose writers of his generation. As a matter of fact, a generation where the good prose of that time was crystallized through a chronic genre extremely characterized by the style of Rio de Janeiro city.
With a large number of newspapers that circulated in the city and with a team of writers which would vary from Rubem Braga to Carlinhos de Oliveira, from Carlos Drummond de Andrade to Clarice Lispector, from Fernando Sabino to Nelson Rodrigues, Vinicius sit among them as a chronicler who transmitted to the prose, the same reasons and the same lightness of style that he presented to the public in his poems.
Dois poemas com Sputnik
Vinicius de Moraes
Poesia
DOIS POEMINHAS COM SPUTNIK
I*
Vai Jorge Lafayett e
Vai em frente, menininho
Pula muro, pinta o sete
Manda a bola no vizinho
Briga com a turma da rua
Sai correndo, joga pique
Depois pega o Sputnik
E vai namorar na Lua.
II**
Uma cachorrinha
Girando no espaço
Sozinha, sozinha
Girando no espaço
Uma cachorrinha
Sem sede e sem fome
Girando no espaço
Por causa do homem:
Tanta mulherzinha
Girando no espaço
Por causa de homem...
— Salve, mulherzinha!
— Eia, cachorrinha!
Roma, 1955
* Poeminha no álbum de Jorge Lafayett e de Carvalho e Silva.
** Poeminha para Yvete Magdaleno e para Laika, a cadelinha espacial.
