European
Rilke’s Late Poetry
Duino Elegies, The Sonnets to Orpheus and Selected Last Poems
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Intervalli
Non esistono note
senza silenzi
treni senza stazioni
voli senza atterraggi
parole d'amore
senza spazi bianchi
Intervals
There are no notes
without silences
trains without stations
flights without landings
words of love
without white spaces.
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… It was with some shame
that he explained how, in the wood,
he lived on whatever prey he could
capture and kill. She digested this
and then inquired of him what his
costume was in these bizarre
forays. “Lady, werewolves are
completely naked,” was his reply.
She laughed at this (I can’t guess why)
and asked him where he hid his clothes—
to make conversation, I suppose.
