Hear the humours of the population
Silent today
Listen to the words of the people
Tomorrow it will be too late
The squares are empty now
A pigeon stabs at a crust of bread
A passerby encounters a lost tourist
An empty platform waits for the wind
to scatter the dust… .
Marco Saya was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1953. Since 1963 he has lived in Milan, where he now works in the sector of informatics. After the publication of his first book of reflections, entitled Bambole di Cera (Antitesi - Laura Vichi Publisher 2001), he published the poetry collections Raccontarsi (Italiano Institute for Culture of Naples, 2003) and Noi, atomi alla ricerca di un nucleo (Il Filo, 2005).