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Gianluca Rizzo and Dominic Siracusa / Futurist Poets
salt - pepper - vinegar - onion in the mouth -
The heart fries - the soul boils in my iron cauldron-
2 long whistles - the anchor is pulled -
Awaaay - Awwaaay - Awayyy in furrows of motherof-pearl
with my imagination’s plow - docile and riveted
- patient ox of precision; copper donkey in the sun, braying its
obstinate
patience.
Viva red Viva green Viva white
Viva Viva Viva Viva gold
Tà-yes Tà-nò Tà-mà
Tà-yes Tà-nò Ta-mà
Yes - Nò Yes - Nò Yes - Nò
Trrrr Trrrr Trrrr Yessss
Always ….................................... Yes
Do ….......................................... Yes
Go …............................................ Yes
Smoke …...................................... Yes
Quickly ….................................... Yes
musk, laid out - green - fresh up there;
lights - sounds - smells - crowds - crowds down here;
seraglio of clouds and tango of winds up there;
geometric races of fleeing cars down here;
horizontal rest up there;
vertical rest down here;
circular life everywhere -
circular everywhere - everywhere -
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