Outside a rebellious universe is
with flesh and bodies colliding
to press hard is the pain
that reflects us
silence will not be spared
we are the survivors
those who came from the dark
with pins in their eyes
and the upside down knives
to defend the fused utopias
lost loves
and for the endless times I find you
the May wind is a revelation
that arrives inside the corridors
banging windows and hearts
heating the same point
a target around you
Giorgio Anastasia (Italy, 1972) from Fondazione collection – translation from Italian by Slow Words
Hajirai is the cover picture of this poem and the author is the student photographer Emanuela Gasparri (IG emanuela_gasparri) who took part to a workshop lead by Diana Marrone (Slow Words) at CFI (Centro Fotografia Indipendente) founded by Mario Spada, Biagio Ippolito and Luca Anzani in Naples – an unconventional photography school where Slow Words and Fondazione editorial team partnered to issue a booklet of postcards in which the students freely chose to associate their photo projects to Anastasia’s poems.