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  June 2022     1 year ago

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The Small Boy

The small boy is in awe of the spectacle,
The night sky is criss-crossed by fingers of bright light.
At a sudden, the plane is caught, all fingers point to it.

The small boy sits between nonno and nonna on a bench.
It’s late in the night, it’s...

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Good and Evil

I have the aperitif before lunch, you drink a digestif later.
We both share a bottle of wine.
What other ritual can more aptly point to a civilized society?
But there’s a fly in the soup.

We leave the table and go about our business.
One is...

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Carousel

Kings and princes ride the carousel, ‘till the bell rings.
Knights and gentry ride the carousel, ‘till the bell rings.
Ring Ring Ring… The bell does ring.
Kings, knights, and serfs take turns upon the joust.

Famine, upon plenty, upon famine.
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The Glacier

The glacier yields its bounty, sparingly drip-by-drip.
The nascent river winds its way along the rocky landscape.
Far below, the valley knows only the majestic waterway.
Water flows to sate the thirst of man, the growth of crops.

Seldom does...

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I like the topic and the delivery. I can relate to the Ionesco reference (I saw one of his plays many years ago, when he was something of a minor celebrity).

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