Swans Commentary » swans.com March 24, 2008  

 

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by Guido Monte

 

Multilingual Poetry

 

...of this astounding life down here
and of the strange clowns in control of it
—L. Ferlinghetti  

Pity for the Other in Chains © 2008 Guido Monte

 

 

(Swans - March 24, 2008)  

We're near the ferry's black sails,

(African bulrushes drown under the waters)

and here's another old smiling little Boss

...che 'ntorno a li occhi avea di fiamme rote

with firey eyes rolling

to ferry us to the World Death:

umbrarum hic locus est somni noctisque soporae

a land of darkness, of unawareness, of night exhaustion:

mort... avec le silence absolu

 

 

The author thanks Virginia Ann Huth.

Photo: Guido Monte, Pity for the Other in Chains, 2008.

 

 

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