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The Railway Dog

21/3/2011

 
After the last red signal went off
I was the only one left
We never did find out what happened
but LED light rained down like sunshine

and I danced through the falling strands.


I rest between sleepers
content to exist

I count the suitcases, each one
a flightless bird in transit

the feathers and colours of home


I am the Railway Dog
my life is tracks of others' dreams

patchy and burnt is my coat
eyes now moist, and always dim

but breathing inside me is one moment's treasure:


the night I chose love over fear

Africa

15/3/2011

 
Ho spento le stelle
cellule dell'anima mia
nel liquido in fondo
all'ultimo posacenere rimasto
ho steso un manto
una rete, che spero
procuri e trattenga
il nutrimento che cerco

termine e inizio
di un anelito al sogno
dove infine il mare
bacia la roccia bruna

e la sabbia impasta e forma
il senso racchiuso tra le labbra
graffiando ora, levigando poi
la forma di ogni donna e ogni uomo.

In ciascuno è compreso il continente
dalla forma a cuore imperfetto.





Pubblicato in Poetika Vol. V (1/2), Onirica Edizioni 2013

Soulscape after dark

11/3/2011

 
he moves in, she chatters
a woman's teeth can bring on desire
she smiles, talks slower
does not display her need

he pecks, plucks and dips his eyes in hers
she pierces her veil

this bird helps himself to nourishment
the flesh and pulp of being

apparently only passive
she stirs deeper within

it's over now,
no consequences

the peak of perfect balance
shines more in unlikely places

but one kiss
can fuel a train across this city

for the rest of the night...

Old Father Thames

10/3/2011

 
strand by strand
I weave, I pray
to the bus of time flashing by
and you may miss it
or it may hit you
yet tonight was divine
a moment later
would have lost you 'cause
the big city am I
I count my small steps
I pray to the Most High
that my locks are enough, tough and long
for Him to catch me when I fall

Sold (a kind of farewell)

8/3/2011

 
the weft of my path
no longer lies here
as though lifted
by a sparrow

a thread has been flown
to a place higher, more complete

divine cartography
nourished now by strings of words

a tapestry is formed
I may not see

yet it prepares for me
the relief of cool grass

when I stop to rest
and breathe fragrance of heather

The Warrior

5/3/2011

 
his destination will remain
elusive
until the sword is raised
again
one last and final time
before
the oath
to never look back.

Fulfilment may be bread
and a herd of goats.

Dio del Vento, 2

4/3/2011

 
saltellano sulle corde e in mezzo ai tasti
dopo aver strappato rovi e spine
stappato gioia orgoglio e riso
digitato indicando levigante sollievo
 
queste dita preziose, dieci, tutte
 
soprattutto carezzano il volto tuo
 
 
 
anch'egli ha dato vita a questi segni 
e a molti che ancora non so
incomplete, gravi, gonfie e dure
le mani han compensato
facendosi messaggere del cuore
 
stasera fa tappa il mio pensiero
silenzio, e imparo ancora
 
che lui è più grande di me
e per questo ogni padre è sacro 

Sympathetic nervous system

1/3/2011

 
the uniqueness of the kiss
of oil on canvas
is perfect not through shades
or choice of place
but due to the thick coarsness
of this one hand
caress of imperfection
secretion in lust
uniqueness of real detail

skimming smoothness
life is hoping that a knot
a spasm in the waves
may break my speed
or my neck...

to say the meaning of the sea
it's best to stand among the cables
the fossils of the motherboard
who misses it the most

now black with tar, our feet
may choose their direction

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