It is not true, it is not true
that I am against everybody and everything.
This is false.
It is a wretched
defence
to strike.
I have always been on one
side
this yes
I have always been with the miners
the more exploited
mankind
of the earth
of whom nobody speaks about anymore
I have always been with the farmers
the poorer
cuffed and murdered
thousands of times a day,
I have always been with my comrades
shift workers,
the comrades hacks for the contractors,
I have always been for a world that turns
this one
upside down
sad and without love.
Ferruccio Brugnaro (Mestre, Italy, 1936) – translation by Slow Words
Cover: Anish Kapoor and Alberto Giacometti at Proportio, Palazzo Fortuny; Venice until November 22nd, 2015
“Gathering Clouds”, 2014 “Le Cube”, 1934-1935, picture Jean-Pierre Gabriel