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Carmen Bugan<br />

traduzione <strong>di</strong> Chiara De Luca<br />

Last Day in Our House<br />

For my mother<br />

Ultimo giorno nella nostra casa<br />

Per mia madre<br />

Each, alone, walked through every room touching the walls<br />

Sleepwalking. I shuffled along the empty hall<br />

And pressed my lips over the fissure<br />

Between the rocket and the star my mother painted gold,<br />

Whispered there, “Remember me the whole of your life.”<br />

I rubbed the sweaty prints of my hands on the drawing<br />

To leave a bit of skin on the blue whitewash,<br />

Visible as the empty spaces where our pictures used to<br />

hang.<br />

Ciascuno, da solo, camminava in ogni stanza toccando le<br />

pareti.<br />

Sonnambula. Trascinavo i pie<strong>di</strong> nell’ingresso vuoto<br />

e premevo le labbra sulla fessura<br />

tra il razzo e la stella d’oro <strong>di</strong>pinti da mia madre,<br />

e là sussurravo, “Ricordati <strong>di</strong> me per tutta la vita.”<br />

Strusciai i polpastrelli sudati sul <strong>di</strong>segno<br />

per lasciare un po’ <strong>di</strong> pelle sulla calce azzurra, visibile<br />

come gli spazi vuoti dove un tempo erano appese le foto<br />

<strong>di</strong> famiglia.<br />

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