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In bed, Aquarium & Ungaretti's Christmas blues

by Rufo Quintavalle

[ poetry - december 06 ]

In bed

No sleep but this the only dream:
that things will fall,
that there is sense,
that there is sense in the way things
fall out

 

Aquarium

The few autumn leaves
still left on an elm
are red and orange
like coral, hinting
at a sea so large
one cannot see it

 

Ungaretti's Christmas blues

Ain't
going down

Too
tired

Leave me
be

forget
about me

Gonna get
good and warm

Sit
and watch
the fire