Anny Ballardini

WHO KNOWS

the world is so full of mysteries a lawyer could be a bum a bum a lawyer a general hiding human truths a soldier the father one never had a lover a son or a master or an invisible soul the moon a lace a tale a trap a person a ghost a ghost someone a flower a symbol the truth a dogmatic lie a priest/nun a devil full of thirsty lust the drawing of a cat a companion a candle the absence of light perfume the smell of ruins cracks openings to the future a sight the weight of the past a wall the emergence of hope a stone a poem untold the recitation of drops of water kerouac's song and a smile of his a green beam reaching straight down to the guts the aerodynamic displacement of a speeding car a shiver on your right shoulder the roaring of the engine of a truck a blind tunnel and dust & giggling laughter the love of a father and son a trip a stay a stay a journey a residence a prison a circle an amulet a frog a sequence a movie without screen a red cushioned chair triggered in the dark a game of death reviving passion killing passion a denial the approval ways and ways unsettled ways in the wild jungle of our well planned day

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