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Poem

Gian Mario Villalta

DEDICATION: 1

“ . . .

What love, that of the dead, what desire

it  digs inside
And neither the voice, his face, nothing.
What does it erase . . . detach . . . still nothing.

Today, too, while it rained, I opened the doors wide
and all the windows of the house, to make room
t o m a k e r o o m – for what?

Only noise, numbers, or light that moves on the clothes-line
and rapidly crosses the gravel.
Beyond the infection colored fence: asphalt, green wood.

The sky loses height, space.
The giving in
one word at a time.

DEDICA: 1.

DEDICA: 1.

“ . . .

Che amore, quello dei morti, che desiderio

scava dentro
e non la voce, la sua faccia, niente.
Cosa cancella . . . stacca . . . ancora niente.

Anche oggi, mentre piove, ho spalancato le porte
e tutte le finestre della casa, per fare posto
f a r e p o s t o – a cosa?

Solo rumori, cifre, luce che vibra sul filo per stendere
e percorre veloce la ghiaia.
Oltre la rete colore infetto: asfalto, legna verde.

Il cielo perde altezza, perde spazio.
Il cedimento
una parola alla volta.
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DEDICATION: 1

“ . . .

What love, that of the dead, what desire

it  digs inside
And neither the voice, his face, nothing.
What does it erase . . . detach . . . still nothing.

Today, too, while it rained, I opened the doors wide
and all the windows of the house, to make room
t o m a k e r o o m – for what?

Only noise, numbers, or light that moves on the clothes-line
and rapidly crosses the gravel.
Beyond the infection colored fence: asphalt, green wood.

The sky loses height, space.
The giving in
one word at a time.

DEDICATION: 1

“ . . .

What love, that of the dead, what desire

it  digs inside
And neither the voice, his face, nothing.
What does it erase . . . detach . . . still nothing.

Today, too, while it rained, I opened the doors wide
and all the windows of the house, to make room
t o m a k e r o o m – for what?

Only noise, numbers, or light that moves on the clothes-line
and rapidly crosses the gravel.
Beyond the infection colored fence: asphalt, green wood.

The sky loses height, space.
The giving in
one word at a time.
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Gemeente Rotterdam
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Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
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