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Lenore Kandel<br />

Poesia illuminazione<br />

siamo stati tutti fratelli, ermafroditi come ostriche<br />

accordando sconsideratamente le nostre perle<br />

nessuno aveva inventato ancora la proprietà<br />

né la colpa o il tempo<br />

guardavamo le stagioni passare, eravamo cristallini come neve<br />

e ci fondevamo dolcemente in sempre nuove forme<br />

mentre le stelle roteavano attorno a noi<br />

non conoscevamo il tradimento<br />

noi stessi eravamo perle<br />

irritanti transmutati in splendore<br />

e offerti sconsideratamente<br />

le nostre perle divennero più preziose e i nostri sessi stabili<br />

la mutabilità accrebbe un guscio, concepimmo lingue diverse<br />

nuove parole per nuovi concetti, inventammo le sveglie<br />

le recinzioni la lealtà<br />

eppure… anche ora… simulando una comunione<br />

infinite percezioni<br />

mi ricordo<br />

siamo stati tutti fratelli<br />

e offriamo sconsideratamente<br />

16<br />

Lenore Kandel<br />

Enlightenment Poem<br />

we have all been brothers, hermaphroditic as oysters<br />

bestowing our pearls carelessly<br />

no one yet had invented ownership<br />

nor guilt nor time<br />

we watched the seasons pass, we were as crystalline as snow<br />

and melted gently into newer forms<br />

as stars spun round our heads<br />

we had not learned betrayal<br />

our selves were pearls<br />

irritants transmuted into luster<br />

and offered carelessly<br />

our pearls became more precious and our sexes static<br />

mutability grew a shell, we devised different languages<br />

new words for new concepts, we invented alarm clocks<br />

fences loyalty<br />

still... even now... making a feint at communion<br />

infinite perceptions<br />

I remember<br />

we have all been brothers<br />

and offer carelessly

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