Hello

Maria Cinanni

Avere troppa memoria non fa star bene 
nessuno. Si diventa malinconici.* 
       - Maurizio Maggiani, 
         Il Coraggio del Pettirosso 


As if every hole 
in the roads 
could be filled 
in a second. 

That is when you are driving, 
or walking 
with a silly but human 
expression in your eyes. 

Here is the first hole 
where I drop a few words. 
Over there is another: 
an imaginary one. 

On the shores of a calm 
sea, fishermen are yelling, 
chatting in deep Calabrian dialect. 

It is April. 
By the seafront their boats 
are neatly lined up, 
freshly varnished, 
ready for a new season.


* “Having too many memories isn’t good for anyone.
   You become melancholy.”