Sergio Garau | Italy

Οὖτις  

Nessuna Ὀδύσσεια   

è morta  

sotto il cielo di cucina  

in frammenti  

sparsa di sale calce zucchero farina  

di un velo di intonaco piatti pavimento  

lo zaino quasi pronto  

illeso  

   cellulare al 10%  

il resto spento  

Nessuna Afrodite  

è nata  

nelle acque di Cipro  

seme Celeste  

mutilato ammutolito  

corpo in attesa  

in corpo materno  

sospesa  

sposa in gilet arancione   

catarifrangente parole inglesi  

al radiotrasmettitore:  

‒ persone a bordo  

richiesta di soccorso  

la nostra posizione è ‒  

la cinta si rompe intorno  

la pancia si riempie   

sul fondo  

solo sangue suoni  

nutrimento  

prima ultima  

culla buia  

poi silenzio  

Nessuna amata  

Σαπφώ   

a mano armata  

evade  

fame e fiamme  

le tende del campo  

non si taglia  

la testa in fila lʼonda  

spinata   

delle Parche  

Lesbia a Moria   

lira cantami  

Nessuna ascolta  

le sirene al porto  

di Malmö  

Nessuna odiata Europa  

salpa dal Libano per Cnosso  

a dorso bianco di toro  

Nessun Minosse giudice   

allʼingresso di uno schermo  

labirintico di data  

dà il permesso  

di divorare Arianne  

rimpatriarle  

a Colono eterno   

Europa non si acceca  

prima o dopo uccidere  

se stessa  

in cerca  

di Nessuna Itaca  

Nessuna Terra  

senza 𐤀  

senza βῆτα   

Nessuna desidérea  

nata spenta  

odiosissima  

Odissea 

Οὖτις  

No Odyssey  

died  

under the kitchen sky  

in fragments  

scattered with salt lime sugar flour  

veiled by plaster plates floor  

the backpack almost ready  

unhurt  

10% left on the cell phone  

everything else turned off  

No Aphrodite  

was born  

in Cyprus’ waters  

seed of the Sky  

mutilated muted  

a body on hold  

in a maternal body  

hanging on  

a spouse in an orange reflective vest  

among english words  

through the radio transmitter  

-people on board  

distress call  

our position is  

the belt breaks around the edge  

the belly fills up on the seabed  

only blood sounds  

nourishment  

first last  

cradle dark  

then silence  

No beloved  

Σαπφώ  

at gunpoint  

breaks out  

hunger flames  

the tented camp   

it can‘t be cut  

the head in line  

on the Parcae‘s   

razor wave  

lyre sing me  

Nobody listens  

to the sirens  

of Malmö’s  

harbour  

No odious Europe  

leaves Lebanon to Knossos  

on a white bull’s back  

No Minos judge  

at the entrance of a labyrinthic  

data screen  

gives permission  

to devour and repatriate  

Ariadnes  

in aeternal Colonus  

No Europe blinds herself  

before or after   

killing herself  

looking for  

No Ithaca  

No Earth  

without 𐤀  

without βῆτα  

No born dead  

desidereal   

most odious  

Ὀδύσσεια  

Quirra  

ANGIONE a duas concas esemplare ùnicu  

ANGIONE modellu POLIFEMU a UNʼOGRU  

BITELLU chin bìculos de COBALTU CADMIU CROMU URÀNIU E ORO  

FRADE de 32 annos  

FRADE de 36 annos  

FRADE de 29 annos  

CERCASI   

OGROS in sa cara  

ORÌGIAS a oru de sa cara  

LIMBA distinta dae sas dentes  

MERMOS pro bortare su corpus  

e rispòndere a sos cumandos  

PARTIGHEDDA NANOMÈTRICA de METALLU  

de che tzacare in su sàmbene, fìgadu, pancreas, in sos ossos  

pro 50.000 èuros sʼora OFFRESI  

POLIGONO SPERIMENTALE INTERFORZE de  

QUIRRA  

est su fragu de sa petza  

brusiada in su nieddu  

passada in su ferru  

su fumu de sas bancarellas  

unʼàteru mossu e su tzùcaru curret  

sa gomma faghet logu  

intro  

su piumbu pertuntu pro bi fàgher passare  

sa lentza   

sʼaesca pigat a sʼispìgiu  

de sʼaera firma in gula  

unu corfu de preda a conca in sʼiscogliu  

unu corfu de gràtzia  

e posca su corpus  

paris chin sos àteros  

in sa retza  

disocupadu  

mi ndʼischido chin una resolgia in su costàgiu  

mʼaberit comente nughe de sàmbene  

totu in dʼunu   

alenu  

PAESANU pro unu tribagliu a 1.500 èuros su mese  

SI BOCHIT su figiu de unʼàtera pro su tribagliu de su meu  

BARATTO  

MANOS de NEBODEDDA pro PINTZIONE ANTITZIPADA  

VENDESI  

PEDDE chi funtzionat pro duas chenas su mese in ristorante  

BLACK FRIDAY  

niedda chenàbura   

de sas chisìnas  

die de sas ofertas  

su guardianu aberit sa jiaga  

e intrant sos clientes  

aia unu male in su coro  

crèschidu diversu  

dae su restu  

atraessant sos muros  

sas undas de sas boghes  

de sos piseddos chi giogant  

rient current mi pregunto  

comente est iscùrrer sos sonos a caragolu  

pro sos sensos ischintiddare sos colores  

los iscumpònner dae sos oros de sos ogros  

in pinturas auricolares  

immaginare   

de pòder leare una tatza de abba  

e nde pòder bufare a tzicos minudos  

e frastimare su mundu intreu pro no mi nche pòdere …  

immàgina  

de mi nde pesare dae su bàntzigu  

a vinti duos annos  

leare sa janna sa lughe  

a purmones prenos  

unu basu in su fenalzu  

lassare su coro in sas laras suas  

disigiare e li fàgher sʼamore  

mi nde mòrrer de tropu  

no apo a pòder mai  

de me bʼest solu  

una foto de me in sʼiscuru  

deo inoghe no bi so  

istada nàschida mai  

sas partes de su corpus  

iscritas male iscameddadas  

su totu no tenet echilìbriu ne unidade  

e mègius est de che la bettare custa balla de carre   

chena sentidu  

nemos acurtzu a mie at potidu seberare mai   

mʼant negadu finas sa possibilidade de sʼinferru  

atraessant sos muros  

sas undas de sas boghes de sos piseddos  

sas undas de su trèmer de sas bombas  

pro 50.000 èuros sʼora offresi  

poligono sperimentale interforze de 

QUIRRA  

LAMB with 2 HEADS, one of a kind  

LAMB model POLYPHEME, ONE-eyed  

VEAL with inserts of COBALT, CHROME, CADMIUM, URANIUM and GOLD  

32-year-old BROTHER  

36-year-old BROTHER  

29-year-old BROTHER  

LOOKING FOR  

EYES on the face  

EARS on each side of the face  

TONGUE separated from the teeth  

LIMBS to move accordingly to orders and commands  

METALLIC NANOPARTICLE to be injected in liver, pancreas and bones   

for 50,000 per hour ON OFFER  

the INTERFORCE EXPERIMENTAL MILITARY POLYGON from  

QUIRRA  

it’s the smell of the meat  

burned in black  

seeped through iron  

the smoke of market´s stands  

one more bite and the sugar flows  

stretching the rubber  

inside  

the lead pierced to let   

the fishing line in   

through the mirroring body of air the bait rises  

stuck in the throat  

a stone hits on the head on a cliff  

a death blow and then one more body  

amidst others  

in the net  

unemployed  

I wake up to a knife in my ribs   

it opens me like a walnut of blood   

in a single stroke  

in one breath  

A FELLOW COUNTRYMAN for a job at 1500 euro a month  

I MURDER the son of another woman working in my son´s place  

I BARTER  

my GRANDDAUGHTER´s HANDS for an EARLY RETIREMENT  

FOR SALE  

functioning SKIN for two restaurant suppers a month  

BLACK FRIDAY  

ash Friday  

offer day  

the custodian opens the gate  

for the clients to enter  

I had a disease in the heart  

which grew differently  

than the rest  

kids´ voice waves  

cross over the walls  

they are playing  

laughing running I wonder  

how must it be to unfold spiraling sounds    

for our senses to refract colors  

to unravel them from the brim of the eyes  

into auricular paintings  

imagine  

having a glass of water  

and being able to drink it in little sips  

cursing the world because …   

imagine  

getting out of my cradle  

when I turn twenty-two  

take the door the light  

at the top of my lungs  

a kiss on the grass  

leave the heart on her lips  

desiring to make her love  

and die for that since it´s too much  

I´ll never make it  

there is only  

a picture of myself in the dark  

I´ve never been  

born here  

my body parts  

ill-written unconnected  

the whole of it has no balance, nor unity  

better throw out this senseless bullet of meat  

nobody around me has ever had a single choice  

even hell was denied to me  

kids´ voice waves  

and bombs´ vibrating waves  

cross over the walls  

for 50,000 euro per hour on offer  

the interforce experimental military polygon from 

crepa!  

serva italia col tempo contato determinato  

crepa!  

serva italia col tempo contratto a buon mercato  

crepa!  

negra italia morta annegata ancora prima dʼesser nata  

crepa!  

negra italia spremuta a sangue imprigionata in mare ributtata  

crepa!  

italia operaia qualificata a vita disperata assicurata  

crepa!  

italia operaia specializzata in morte bianca dissanguata  

crepa!  

italia operata nellʼimmaginario asportata del desiderio amputata  

crepa!  

italia operata dalla lingua ammaestrata nello sguardo addomesticata  

crepa!  

larva italia consumata imbambolata abituata a crepare nella prossima puntata  

crepa!  

larva italia imbalsamata da una risata registrata lasciata dissepolta abbandonata  

crepa!  

serva italia telecomandata a vita rivoltante condannata  

crepa!  

serva italia condannata a morte telecomandante rassegnata 

die!  

servant abject Italy your short-term time is numbered  

die!  

servant abject Italy your contracted time is on sale  

die!  

black Italy dead on arrival drowned before you were borned  

die!  

black Italy freshly pressed for your blood self-imprisoned repulsed in the sea  

die!  

workers´ Italy trained for life insured to despair  

die!  

workers´ Italy expert in bleeding to death on the job  

die!  

Italy, operated in your imagery desire-excised amputated  

die!  

Italy, operated in your language vision-tamed domesticated  

die!  

larval object Italy worn-out to dizziness used to pop off in the next episode  

die!  

larval object Italy embalmed by a pre-recorded laughter left abandoned unburied  

die!  

servant abject Italy remote-controlledly sentenced to a revolting life   

die!   

servant abject Italy, sentenced to a remote-controlled death, resigned  

Curriculum Vitae Sergio Garau