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Luce di Lampione (Uomo)

Vedo la luce di un lampione,

in fondo alla via.

 

Dall'alto.

 

Non voglio illumini da sola la strada.

Non riesce bene.

Non è serena.

 

Lei non è fioca.

Ma non è viva.

 

È giallina,

ma d'un giallo che non sceglieresti mai

tra i pastelli colorati.

 

L’asfalto crepato, le erbacce secche, le case vuote,

ciò che illumina è familiare.

Ma non amico.

 

Non deve esser molto contento,

quel lampione,

come un padre che osserva, immobile,

il figlio morente.

 

Vorrei potesse andarsene

da quella staticità.

 

Da quella strada.

 

Da quel nulla.

 

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I see the light of a street lamp,

at the end of the street.

 

From above.

 

I don't want it to light up the road by itself.

It doesn't work well.

It's not serene.

 

It's not dim.

But it's not alive.

 

It's yellowish,

but a yellow you'd never choose

among colored crayons.

 

The cracked asphalt, the dry weeds, the empty houses,

what it illuminates is familiar.

But not friendly.

 

It must not be very happy,

that street lamp,

like a father who watches, motionless,

his dying son.

 

I wish it could go away

from that staticity.

 

From that street.

 

From that nothingness.

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Written by
AR_the_UNgreat
16 / M / Italy
Published
Apr 17, 2025
Lines·Words
45·192
Notes

Written looking out the window in midnight

Tags
#italian#streetlamp#loneliness#street#yellow#road#staticity#father
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