Traitor


TRAITOR


... or maybe rodent, poor,

lowest creature, destined

to the sewers.


Stay there, with your arsenal

of failure,

gray and unworthy of respect.


If this word makes sense.



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TRADITORE


...o forse roditore, povera,

infima creatura, destinata 

alle fogne.


Restaci, con il tuo arsenale

di fallimento,

grigio e indegno di rispetto.


Se questa parola ha un senso.



Erminia Passannanti, 13 October 2020

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