Italian Impertinence Incubator

Insolent judgmental intruders

throughout the whole year

never asking how I am

only rigorously imposing themselves

on me

with your lifestyle

attacking and encroaching the entire country

with supposedly delicious pasta

yet

on the other side of the story

showcasing a shameless tragedy

in the last act

played mercilessly like a plague

cutting a swathe through

my soul

up to the point

of my faint sailing

in the Mediterranean

with only one thought trapped in between

these lines

to survive

your shark attacks

multiplied

with purpose, power, and persistence

accusatory works

like a murderer

inconspicuously infecting my equanimity

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To A. C.’s crowd

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August – September 2021

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