Francesco Bucci – Flashback

FLASHBACK

Notizie alla radio
giornale di ieri
			(dov’eri?)
Telefono muto
caffè terminato
la biancheria sporca
			(non amo il bucato)
fischiare del vento
grammofono spento
climatico disco
			(jazz – freddo)
ora esco…

Nessuno per strada
vetrine accecate
scoppiato il tombino
e pioggia battente, al mattino
davanti al Caffè
il Primo Gennaio
del Sessantatre.

Copyright 2024 Francesco Bucci
FLASHBACK

The news on the radio
yesterday’s paper  
			     (where were you?)
The phone is so silent
the coffee’s now finished
the dirty bed linens
			    (I don’t like laundry)
the wind is a whistle
the phonograph off
the weather
				(cool-jazz)
I think I shall go…

Noone in the street
the shop windows blind
the manhole  exploded
and showering rain in the morning
outside the Café
on January 1st
1963.  

Copyright 2024 Francesco Bucci
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