Jane’s library (a canon for seven organs, a drum machine and a lonely monkey)
Federico Delfrati
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It worked I'm not afraid anymore Who are you? What's your name? How did you know? What do you say? I don't understand I don't understand What's in your hands? What did you write? I don't understand Is it all there? What is all? Do you know what you wrote? No, stop asking questions I don't understand I am asking you, if you please Why are you smiling? What's in the books? No, I don't feel better Why should I thank you? What's in the books? How did you know? You wrote down my story? But I'm still alive! How do you know? Stop smiling! Did you write down every story? I don't understand I don't understand I don't understand I don't understand what you're saying! Stop playing with me! Why are you smiling? Just give me that book won't you? Let me see So you wrote down my story a long time ago You made up your own mind So analytical, so categorical, perpendicular to my version So tell me Was it ever wise to run? Was it ever wise to wait? Was it ever wise to climb upon the tree And throw stones at your neighbor? Was it ever wise to miss a chance? Was it ever wise to grief? Was it ever wise to stroll around the woods And scavenge through the mud to look for food Was it ever wise to suspect? Was it ever wise to fall apart? Was it ever wise to make out in the field that shone so red under the troubled sky? Was it ever wise to trap the unknown? Was it ever wise to hold onto it? Was it ever wise to make it yours And label it with a question mark? I say, Jane, did you read them all? All these books you leave behind when you move around I see you scribbling even now that I'm talking to you I hear you scribbling when I sleep, when I'm eating, when I cry I see you scribbling all the time When I'm with my friends, when I struggle to find water I hear that scratching sound of metal that violates the white paper You scribbled even now when everyone else left So, tell me how to behave Like the boy in your cage Am I part of your game? All this noise is a shame Where's the start of the maze? Are the rules to be played by? Did you read them all? Did you read them all? Where's the end of the maze? Where's the start of the game? Tell me how to behave Is the purpose ok? Am I part of your game? Tell me how to behave Is the purpose ok? Have my questions a place? Like my mothers who left Like my fathers too ashamed Like my sisters who fight Like my brothers who rot in their jail Like my children who cry Like my friends who live by All the mess and goodbyes Can you please clarify? So tell me page after page: All the thoughts to be made All the worlds to be chained All the loves to be craved for And then page after page All the lies and mistakes All the lands up in flames All the lost and their names All the gods to be prayed And then written on the last page: "Oh, the lights you see fading All the joys will be brave" Oh, the lights you see fading All the joys will be brave I say, Jane Did you read them all? Tell me how to behave Like the boy in your cage Am I part of your game? All this noise is a shame Where's the start of the maze? Are the rules to be played by? Oh, the lights you see fading Did you read them all, Jane? Have my questions a place? Is the purpose ok? Did you read them all?
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