France, sad perspectives

Why? Why, if Sarkozy is such a shrewd politician, as Italian journalists keep repeating, without giving any substance to the claim, why should he wish to be so strongly linked to such a loser?

The suspicion that there is a hidden but real vein of folly in him (which in France you may not even hint, but before the elections was well considered in the foreign free press) gets stronger in time.

Sad times for France...

Passeggiata

Protesti non cammini
indietro e non ti muovi
infin cedo, padre sempre vinto
dalle note forze silenti
ma non trovo nel tuo sguardo
perso
l’ostinazione attesa
del pesto-i-piedi

Meeting the sea

You dance, my little red wild,
celebrate your yearly meeting
with longed salty waters
with sand with which you mix
hands feet lips
dance in circles
body unbalanced
untaught, untelling,
needing nothing but your laughter.