Pisciatoio de Nero in Zero world
[reveries from many years viewings of Fellini's 'Amacord' -
'Pisciatoio de Nero' means 'black pissoir' in Italian]
'Hear me a moment...
Perhaps it is better
if the jubilee of small birds
dies down, swallowed in the sky...
The senses are graced with an odor
filled with the earth.' - Eugenio Montale, 'The Lemon Trees'
the blowing spring blossoms
the falling snow
the sex-crazed madwoman
has her place and is made place for
in the seaside town - Gradicia
sacred prostitute
important to matters of State
of stuttering male
desire of all ages
at film end her
marriage
a new beginning for all
motorcyclist
as Time too
zooms in/out
punctuates
scenes throughout
spring blossoms again
return the final scene
the ubiquitous blind
accordion player
Time's other guise
pestered by brats
perpetually pull his tattered hat
plays throughout
eternal return
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poem by Warren Falcon
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