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29 Saturday Oct 2011

Posted by nearly30yearsitalian in Verse

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adolescence, adolescenza, bambini crescono, poesia, Poetry, raising children, trains, treni

È partita a bordo il frecciadipiombo-
un pisciatoio su rotaie-
in ritardo e stracolmo di faccie brutte
mia figlia che quasi non saluta
disperata nelle sue angoscie adolescenziali
mentre a destra e sinistra
sfrecciano i frecciarossa e argento lucidati
puntualmente mezzo vuoti
e io mi ritiro nel sottofondo
di una libreria di stazione
dove una volta
pochi attimi fa
un Harry Potter
una fata
una favola tutta neve e nuvola
spazzava via ogni lacrima.

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