Acid gulls screaming
sail over in a white flight
dive greedily and peck
3
amongst waves of enormous garbage
a dump forms its own sea
its own stench in-stead of the wind
6
beastly do they put up with a scenery
violent and against nature
in the new waste landscape
9
machine smash rubbish
fresh urban trash
precious living leavings
12
hungry wingless figures
bending sweating carrying sacks
toiling after objects
15
such new mines are not to be trusted
and unveil in the open
gas falls metals surprises
18
have-nots do not fear
insects cuts diseases
not even attacks by mice
21
a hope of life lies in the finding
of stuff left over by man
and in turning it into an essential meal
24
there is room for everyone in the field
a couple materializes yet uncertain
to register is their goal
27
hungry and in want of a home
the woman is dark and pregnant
her companion white-bearded
30
it gets dark they get hold of a roof
between the wheels of a smelling cart
a mantled star lights up
33
the gulls sing a melody
an archangel's array
announcing to the searchers
36
“ a heavenly child has been born
“ a light among human casts-off
their hope of resurrection to life”
39
a dog and a cat warm him up
the poor all rush in
what was trash is now gifts
42
(translated
by Rodolfo Longo)
