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How deep is the sea

That's us, there's so many of us
we hide at night
for fear of motorists
of linotypists
we are the black cats
we are the pessimists
we are the bad thoughts
and we have nothing to eat
How deep is the sea
How deep is the sea
 
Daddy, you were a great hunter
of quails and pheasants,
get rid of these flies
that won't let me sleep
that make me angry
How deep is the sea
How deep is the sea
 
It's all for no avail
there no jobs anymore
there no dignity anymore
God or somebody on his behalf
is trying to divide us
to hurt us
to drown us
How deep is the sea
How deep is the sea
 
With the power of blackmailing
The man became somebody
he even resurrected the dead
opened the prisons
blocked six trains
with connected cars
lifted for a moment the poor man
to a role that is difficult to keep
then he let him fall
crying and screaming
right in the middle of the sea
How deep is the sea
 
Then the scream all by itself
became a drum
and the poor man like a lightning
in the safe sky
started a war
to conquer
that pathetic land
that in its great heart
he had to farm
How deep is the sea
How deep is the sea
 
But the land
was taken away from him
including what remained of it on top of him
he was hurled
into a building, into a ditch
I can't remember
Then a matter of chains
clobbering
and experimental surgery
How deep is the sea
How deep is the sea
 
Meanwhile, a mystic
perhaps an aviator
invented sentiment
and reconciled everyone
the handsome ones and the ugly ones
with some detriment to the ugly ones
who were delivered
a shard of mirror
so that they could see themselves
How deep is the sea
How deep is the sea
 
In the meantime, fish
from which we all descend
witnessed with curiosity
the common tragedy
of this world
which they undoubtedly found evil
and started to think
in their big sea
how deep is the sea
in their big sea
how deep is the sea
 
It's obvious
thought is annoying
even if thinkers
are silent as a fish1
rather, they are fish
and like fish they are difficult to stop
because the sea protects them.
How deep is the sea
 
For sure
those who are in charge
are not willing to make differences based on poetry
thought is like the ocean
you can't stop it
you can't fence it in
In this manner, they are burning the sea
In this manner, they are killing the sea
In this manner, they are humiliating the sea
In this manner, they are bending the sea
 
  • 1. means "quiet as a mouse"
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Come è profondo il mare

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