Natural history

and from the red grating in the distance
we watch the wind at rest, trembling
at the palely-lit house and she
as if waiting. And the circle is clear,
nor did we tire of watching how
long would last the shy silence of the butterfly.



Giampiero Neri
Italian Poetry 1950 -1990
Dante University Press, 1996
Tradução de Gayle Ridinger

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