by Alex Valente
Original Italian by Annalisa Teodorani (1978-), no title. Part of Sartoria Utopia’s Calendario Utopico 2017.
I still go looking for
fires in the countryside
maybe I won’t join
the bonfires
all I need to know
is that it’s still burning –
that desire to start again
Featured image: Annalisa Teodorani via Romagna Gazzette