”Identification”
ah,
the use of language
the use of codes
the waste of petals
repression displacement isolation
submission and sublimation
as the rose's thoughts within the rose's depths
or her
denial
as when the Self supports itself through life
as when a child dressed in white sits on his father's lap
for the Easter Sunday photo
(and the air is fresh and his hands are warm)
subjected
even in her verbal acts
to rationalisation
as the rose's smiles within the rose's images and sounds
in memories that go all the way down
and all the way up
to the very limit
of meaning
my Father, my stem, I worship you
for you made me
alien
and replaced with yours my fantasies
shaping my expressions
not all which was lost was painful
Father of the coping strategies
in my morning blossoming, my night withering,
my everyday gathering
clouds, whispers, leaves....
when one principle stands above me
and I hold it.
erminia passannanti
26 April 2001
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