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tokonoma  Oct 2014
Santander
tokonoma Oct 2014
out of lust he detached
his eyes from the recording meter,
frames shifted apart,
he turned when all was already gone.
as he fiddled between elastic bands and clips
he realized :
time for another cigarette and a barley coffee.
with his friend’s eybrows
the patron of the corner bar ***** the sister,
too ****** not to deserve it at least in dreams.
a song popped up again
unwrapping fifteen years of ratafia candies .
as he crossed the street, again
the yellow light reminded him that santander
was a rainy city .
what mostly ****** him off was not being able to smoke on the street

Italian version  written in 1995:

per concupiscenza staccò
gli occhi dal contatore,
l’immagine cambiò parte,
si voltò quando già non c’era.
giochicchiando tra l’elastico e le clips
si rese conto:
era tempo di un’altra sigaretta e un caffè d’orzo.
il signore del bar d’angolo
stuprava la sorella colle ciglia dell’amico,
troppo stronza per non meritarlo almeno in sogno.
una canzone si rifece viva
scartando almeno quindici anni di caramelle ratafià.
riattraversando
il giallo gli rammentò che santander
era una città piovosa.
soprattutto lo irritava il non poter fumare in strada.

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