My i strayed from its o (divorziato) decades before the ***** and egg had wed, hatching me to a self-soaking tub where the immigrant pigments of Ermano e Rosa were twice removed.
Quando dormo gli antenati stanno sempre sussurando indicazioni
Rosa e Ermano each descend (spaesato) on separate planks plunked down to greasy rock by proverbial boats. When they do, Emma Lazarus doesn't warn them the Lady's "give me" comes with a take.
Provo a sentire le due parole dolci ma non posso
Ermano e Rosa each find (inamorato) American spouses, have American kids who sprout to twist a native tongue till an ill-fit, its tang is left in must and un-dusted just for periodic trips back.
Ripeto, Chi sono io? E nel questo sogno i voci mi dicono di nuovo...
Let's skip the unplugged generation's gap (collegato) to where my i reacquaints with its o, but their made-up past makes a tenuous tether, so together Rosa e Ermano drift on the whispers of a forgotten song.
Non dimenticar
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