Poem
Paolo Ruffilli
DESIRE
I think of myselfwhose hand caresses
the willing body
lying open to any assault
and meanwhile listen
supine on the throbbing
of your heart
to a voice grating
and squeaking
the word
“love”.
I think of myself who
quietly counts your
every crevice and bump
known and unknown places,
of myself who prods
and reduces for myself
and chases and hunts
to consider earnestly
the cause
of so much desire.
© Translation: 2003, Boris Peter
From: Whenever I Go
From: Whenever I Go
Desiderio
Desiderio
Penso di meche frugo con la mano
il corpo arreso e
aperto a ogni assalto
e ascolto intanto,
teso sul tonfo
del tuo cuore,
la voce che cigola
e che stride
pronunciando:
“amore”.
Penso di me che
conto piano
ogni anfratto e appiglio
scoperta e nascondiglio
tuo di me che punto
e mi assottiglio
e cerco e inseguo
misurandola sul serio
la causa
di tanto desiderio.
© 2006, Paolo Ruffilli
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DESIRE
I think of myselfwhose hand caresses
the willing body
lying open to any assault
and meanwhile listen
supine on the throbbing
of your heart
to a voice grating
and squeaking
the word
“love”.
I think of myself who
quietly counts your
every crevice and bump
known and unknown places,
of myself who prods
and reduces for myself
and chases and hunts
to consider earnestly
the cause
of so much desire.
© 2003, Boris Peter
From: Whenever I Go
From: Whenever I Go
DESIRE
I think of myselfwhose hand caresses
the willing body
lying open to any assault
and meanwhile listen
supine on the throbbing
of your heart
to a voice grating
and squeaking
the word
“love”.
I think of myself who
quietly counts your
every crevice and bump
known and unknown places,
of myself who prods
and reduces for myself
and chases and hunts
to consider earnestly
the cause
of so much desire.
© 2003, Boris Peter
From: Whenever I Go
From: Whenever I Go
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