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cantica
witnessing
existence

Lo specchio rotto, parte 2

23/12/2011

 
alto il mento, troppo, fuori squadro il naso
asimmetriche le guance
malate di eccessive ombre
che nessuna rasatura potrà addolcire
​
del quadrante del volto riconosco la metà, la prima
solcata com'è dal passaggio inesorabile
di lancette spazzine
e da amnesie di demoni


non collima più
il senso di centro con le direttrici di una carta
che non porta lo scritto creduto

imprigionato, mi scopro
in una gabbia di meridiani
fatta di eterna periferia

Presence

15/12/2011

 
a purpose as stiff
as a tulip as red
as rage as liquid
as enemies
inside and out
resolve is measured in fists

a fool is one who lives
searching for safety

not seeing
that home is the only place
from where
there is nowhere
at all
to go

I wish to melt
so you may carry droplets of me
on your soles
as you take on that hill

pencil sketches and peaceful dragons

12/12/2011

 
the child reflects for an instant
and drops her coin
eyes close, then open
a smile
a light show in a puddle of dreams


her journey resumes

she walks
fulfilled

Graffiti

8/12/2011

 
this winter
is a beggar collecting light
from leftover stars
ice and glass conspire
desire me
chained
to a logic of heavenly visions
grafted onto
the sea bed

salt scraped from the wrinkles on my skin
like chalk from a black black canvas
signifying what I know


I feel like the apprentice whose master has died
on his fight night

Stavolta io

3/12/2011

 
ho saputo di quell'altro
l'ho scoperto per caso, stasera
ho aperto la porta più interna
costernato io, eccolo
da sempre residente dentro me

mi ha ridotto al silenzio
dimostrandomi che i versi
dedicati agli occhi tuoi
non li avevo scritti io

nè potevo aver pensato
a quei baci, ognuno un dono
prezioso d'oro
te li aveva dati lui

che da sempre ha elargito
ogni forma d'amore
distribuito tenerezze
un guscio vuoto, io


e ora che lo strapperò da me
non so cosa resta
un rivolo floscio d'inchiostro
che vorrei rosso, ma non potrò

sapere
vedere
pensarmi
senza lui con te


nuda e fredda
la mia nuca bianca cala
restituendo al mare
la luna rubata ormai troppi anni fa

Neve e Canti

1/12/2011

 
ti ho sorpreso a mormorare
parole malate d'altro
straniero in una capsula
che si dice sia il mondo
​

ma non sai, non ricordi
che il tuo agognato messaggero
l'angelo fradicio di senso
arriverà per mare?

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