a inseguire ciascuno i suoi sogni . . . .

persone tra i tavoli del bar
fantasmi sui muri
lacrime nel cielo
sogni lungo i passi della sera.


ma che fatica farli realtà!

li dividevano
la povertà, la malattia
lui non poteva
starle vicino, viverla.
Lei pianse in silenzio.


each one following their own dreams. . . .

people, seated,
bar tables.
Fleeting shadows on the walls
star tears in heaven
dreams evoked
by distant footsteps
in the night.


but, how difficult it was to make them live!

poverty, sickness
separated them.
He stood distant
longing for closeness.
in the silence, she wept.




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