PAOLA FEBBRARO
The following is a short selection from the piece originally published on pages 27-38 of Issue 26.4.
I FEEL I SHOULD LEAVE YOU HERE AND MEET YOU IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
by
Paola Febbraro
Translated by Brunella Antomarini and Branko Gorjup
Paintings by Luc Bourbonnais
In Friendship with Annamaria Farrabi the soul is a sieve keeping time to the dong of a bell so soft so harsh the soul is hard work pretending to be useful With Cristina and Domenico the soul a land’s end snout of warm earth nudging the sea news of separation comes from you with such a moving explanation the treeline etched on the mountain ridge a sky-blue mist forgetful of the flesh blue March the moist garden has come saying bathe your entrails here is thick blood the blood that paints the moist garden has come saying lie down, struggle, conquer all the shimmering sea surfaces the baptism of the night has come a nut in the shape of stretched cloth the strong heart has come with the flaring nostrils of a horse
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