Short Italiano Poems

italiano

one minute the witching hour

the moon isn't full...

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Criticas

Como bom italiano
tenho que pensar que 
um grupo de políticos que decide 
criticar um presidente 
porque é presidente 
é como a máfia se unindo 
para bater no padrinho 
por não ir à igreja no domingo....

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mi Musa and i
try to speak
though confusedly 
interjecting 
si is si
in Espanol
in Italiano
but oui
is not we
but si

but noi
is closer
then nosotros
but most of the time
the time it takes
to take us
to a place
that makes sense
only leaves
dead cell batteries...

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cherchez la femme but
she's in the crosswalk
now so i didnt see her
because i was seeing
her in my thoughts

and i got thinking
of guerre but more
importantly la vie
and she romantically
language speaks

pardon my Francais
forgive my italiano
babble but let me
flip to page twenty
six and say the same

         in
Espanol...

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i await
Thursday
her day
a date 
in time

April
has a march
in 4/4 
i must
write a score

do it
for duet
using her
voice vocally
instrumental

switch from
translate this
to a higher pitch
of cackled laughter
after which

jajaja transposes
to pizzicato notes
of ha ha ha
in a piece
where smiles

sound 
like sunrises
sonrisas 
and si si si is
both for yes

in
an
Italiano
Espanol
vocal
duet...

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