Swans Commentary » swans.com July 30, 2007  

 

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by Guido Monte and Francesca Saieva

 

Poetry

 

 

never-never land © 2007 Giuseppe Quattrocchi

 

 

(Swans - July 30, 2007)  

(Não quero ver mais
Não quero mais me reconhecer
Não quero mais me acordar—
no sono fujo
do espetáculo da chacina, do inútil horror do mundo?)
La morte
si sconta
vivendo

 

 

[(I don't want to see anymore
I refuse to recognize myself
I don't want to wake up anymore—
sleeping can I elude the sight
of this useless slaughter,
of the meaningless world horror?)
death
is paid
by living]

 

 

Cui prodest? The Horror is patient, weaves his cloth... knows how to wait anyway, because -- everywhere -- appears when you wake up.
But don't run away to the dreamless sleep, don't forget the torn veil of illusion, existence root. What is the Life task? In the "wreck" your face can be sprinkled, can revive in laughter...

 

 

The authors thank Graciela M. Pozzebon. The Latin Cui prodest? means: What good is it?
Drawing: never-never land (2007), by Giuseppe Quattrocchi.

 

 

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Guido Monte on Swans (with bio).
Francesca Saieva teaches philosophy and pedagogy, and is an adjunct professor at the University of Palermo. Read her bio on the page she shares with Guido Monte.

 

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