.
Islands of Salina, Lipari and Vulcano, in the Aeolian archipelago, viewed from Piraino: photo by ninoravi, 2007
and always to this desolate
shore
I come to encounter
you
unveiling
your fragile
light
cuttlebones
on the beach
and dead fish
with innocent round eyes
and rosy lips
already
in the pale conch
trembles
the blue distant
dawn
Islands of Salina, Lipari and Vulcano, in the Aeolian archipelago, viewed from Piraino: photo by ninoravi, 2007
After an original from Curzio Malaparte: Fughe in Prigione, 1936
