Postcard #1

“fast-fading rainbow,

twin to the iris framed by your eyelashes shining out,

pristine,

among the sons of Man – immersed in your own mud,

can you not see her as your sister?”

– The eel (Eugenio Montale, 1948) translated by Paul Archer

Greetings from San Mirano,

Chiara

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