Ilaria

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Ilaria was a messy, lazy girl,

with unusually white teeth considering the cigarette constantly hooked between her fingers

Her average mark was around C

which for sure is not ideal for someone that age

but on the other hand Einstein and Manzoni 1, too, didn't do well in school, you know

Her name was graffitied on every wall and bench around town

while my name, even the Pigna2

So she used to sing the praises of Fox,

Disney Channel and documentaries about nazi aliens

and in her eyes was the spark of one who came to understand the world as if it was her garden

The dazzled, pitiful gaze of bourgeois elevation

I wanted to steal her eyes

or, at the very least, to transform mine

and needless to say, I prayed to Saint Lucy3 for a Sky subscription, which I got

I spent Christmas holidays zapping

Come January, I informed her of my recent achievement

Suddenly, she froze

she pulled me aside and she whispered; "But I don't actually have Sky!"

I simply replied: "oigfipqeffpafpadf"

Right now, Ilaria is struggling to get her degree in Literature

She dreams to become a writer,

which is not ideal for someone her age

but she's ok with that because Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath and Sarah Kane 4

were writers, too, and then... you know.

She lives in a one-room flat in Pavia,

no computer, no television,

she has quit smoking some time ago, but her teeth are yellow anyway

Ilaria, someone like you falling so low,

It pains me thinking about it

So, I turn off my head and turn on my TV

and I swear to God, I always end up watching documentaries about nazi aliens.

Now, I know you will never believe it,

bu she and I, against all odds,

became - to some extent - friends.

Ilaria's family was not well-off,

her father was a clerk, her mother housewife,

nevertheless, they could afford SkyItaly's most popular pay-per-view service at the time

3. Patron saint of sight

4. All three were women writers died by suicide

Thanks! ❤
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You can use my translation however you see fit as long as you cite the source. If you do, I would appreciate if you also let me know through a comment or message, just because I'm curious! Thanks!

Potete usare questa traduzione come volete, citando la fonte. Mi fareste contento facendomolo sapere lasciando un messaggio o un commento, giusto per curiosità. Grazie!

Submitted by

Paraponzi on 2020-05-11