RENDEZ-VOUS
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1.
Laqqghuni ma’ tfajla beltija tilbes cirku tal-ghadam maz-zokra
u li skond l-istatistika
raqdet ma’
179 ragel u riedet tkun taf kif
qatt ma smajt biha u ghaliex qatt m’ghelbitni l-kurzita’ li nistaqsi
ghaliex tilbes belly button ring. Meta ma wegibt xejn u bqajt inhares
biex
I wear my belly button to protect me from fake
people, from poets like yourself.
2.
Laqqghuni ma’ ragel jghidulu The Loser
li jghidu li tilef kollox:
sitt nisa li telquh
ghax ma jinhasilx,
seba’ qtates li waqghu
mill-gholi ghaxar darbiet il-wiehed
u l-bajda tax-xellug, minhabba tumur aggressive.
u jittrasforma ruhu fi spirtu
solitarju, jipprotegi lilu nnifsu mill-vjolenza operistika
tal-hajjin.
3.
Laqqghuni ma’ pazjent residenti
fi klinika fejn jirkuprawlek il-memorja.
Qalli li ilu nieqes mic-cirkolazzjoni
ghal dawn l-ahhar 717-il sena u meta ngassawh mir-registri kollha ta’ l-iStat,
sab lilu nnifsu,