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Milo De Angelis

We who have known

We who have known
the heart of each day and the heart that never ages,
the idea that lights up the flesh,
the wisdom of measures
and the lightning, we leave each other
here, in two metres of cement, by showing
up, a summer heart-throb,
a case of mistaken identity.

We who have known

Noi che abbiamo conosciuto
il cuore di ogni giorno e il cuore senza età,
l’idea che illumina la carne,
la sapienza delle misure
e il lampo, noi ci lasciamo
qui, in due metri di cemento, con un atto
di presenza, un battito
estivo, uno scambio di persona.
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We who have known

We who have known
the heart of each day and the heart that never ages,
the idea that lights up the flesh,
the wisdom of measures
and the lightning, we leave each other
here, in two metres of cement, by showing
up, a summer heart-throb,
a case of mistaken identity.

We who have known

We who have known
the heart of each day and the heart that never ages,
the idea that lights up the flesh,
the wisdom of measures
and the lightning, we leave each other
here, in two metres of cement, by showing
up, a summer heart-throb,
a case of mistaken identity.
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