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One Centigrade

Michele Nigro

Michele Nigro is poet from the province of
Naples. He has has lived in Battipaglia
(province of Salerno) since 1978

With the coming of the first
night-time warmth
through the open window
street scares reach up to me.
Someone bumming down the alleys
moans a lament, “Mom, mom!”
life withdrawal symptoms
a sleepless siren among my dreams
desperate bell chimes
heatwave shindigs
and easy knives.
I love the cold that calms everything
under a motionless veil

raunchy molecules cool down,
I look for the winter that hushes
like a strict teacher
the chilly pains of the world.

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