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Poem

Elisa Biagini

YOU SHOW ME YOUR WOUNDS, AS A SOLDIER

You show me your wounds, as a soldier,
your battle
with another you who’s consuming you
the eyes, the bones
the skin
who cut your tendons a while ago,
the thread that keeps you all together,
diver who doesn’t surface.

YOU SHOW ME YOUR WOUNDS, AS A SOLDIER

Mi mostri le ferite, da soldato
la tua battaglia
contro un’altra te che ti consuma
negli occhi, nelle ossa
nella pelle
che ha tagliato i tuoi tendini da tempo,
il filo tutto interno che ti tiene,
palombaro che più non risale.
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YOU SHOW ME YOUR WOUNDS, AS A SOLDIER

You show me your wounds, as a soldier,
your battle
with another you who’s consuming you
the eyes, the bones
the skin
who cut your tendons a while ago,
the thread that keeps you all together,
diver who doesn’t surface.

YOU SHOW ME YOUR WOUNDS, AS A SOLDIER

You show me your wounds, as a soldier,
your battle
with another you who’s consuming you
the eyes, the bones
the skin
who cut your tendons a while ago,
the thread that keeps you all together,
diver who doesn’t surface.
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