I sleep less and less
in my own bed:
I could use a general overhaul
today I’m going to change
the oil in the engine hanging from a memory
I threaded camellias
in your hair, the sun
once again is darker today
my personal sea
in my condo
has reached the floor
below
Birds zigzag in my head
you don’t believe, you don’t see them?
with murderous intentions I walk
towards the petrol pump
Federico Guerrini was born in Milan in 1972. He received a degree in political science in Trieste and now works as a journalist and multi-medial product designer (cd-videos, web sites). He is responsible for the South American literature section of Supereva (http://guide.supereva.it/letteratura_sudamericana) and is an editor for Progetto Babele. His poems have been published in various anthologies and magazines, including "Sagaranaonline" in the section ‘Vento Nuovo’, and he also writes short stories.