The carpentry smelt of trees and incense. / My father spread white Vinavil in grooves, / inserted steel nails with two short, intense blows. / I imit… - Menotti Lerro
" "The carpentry smelt of trees and incense. / My father spread white Vinavil in grooves, / inserted steel nails with two short, intense blows. / I imitated him, little hammer, between my hands, his tools in miniature… / I dreamt about the Trojan horse. / Then in the evening I hid myself / among sawdust: There is no safer place / in the world he said, with open arms. / Nowadays I take no cover / but in his eyes / (in the calm before the storm); / piece by piece I tidy up / our carpentry. (From The Poetry of Menotti Lerro, p. 42)
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About Menotti Lerro
Menotti Lerro (born February 22, 1980) is an Italian poet, writer, playwright, critic, librettist and academic. In 2020 he founded the Empathic Movement (Empathism).
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Menotti Augusto Serse Lerro
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