As soft lianas your limbs
invite me gently.
All of a sudden they cling to me
and tighten up.
Vigorous ivy
Tangle of twists
and tensions
that eats away the bark
and slowly
and easily
digs in.
I smother…
She digs in.
Piero Mastroberardino
Corpo Scorsoio is part of:
All’origine dei Sensi, 2014, IT 96 pages, ISBN 978-88-7433-990-7, Edizioni Tracce “I nuovi ossimori” collana di poesie diretta da Plinio Perilli
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http://www.ibs.it/code/
The cover artwork is a drawing by the author, part of a trilogy, Silente (2014), exhibited during a collective show in Italy, Capri, on July 2014.