The ProtagonistsWho was it? life had left
and the hues were paling,
leaning out with such a look!
They seemed dim windows, seeds
fell and seemed old books,
a bit blind and a bit
dust and sound...
As for speaking, they didn’t,
they had words that had been silent
for years and years. Shall we decant them?
Can you bring back to life who had been paper once?
Can Lucia walk, can Nausicaa?
A fright after that, the pages
rustled
like human flesh.
(Translated by Luigi Bonafini)