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Flesh and SkyAuthor(s): Pier Paolo Pasolini, David Stivender, J. D. McClatchySource: Poetry, Vol. 155, No. 1/2, Italian Poetry since World War II (Oct. - Nov., 1989), p. 51Published by: Poetry FoundationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20602192 .Accessed: 08/03/2011 11:30
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PIER PAOLO PASOLINI
FLESH AND SKY
O maternal love, heartbreaking for the gold of bodies suffused with the secret of wombs.
And beloved unconscious attitudes of the lewd perfume that laughs along innocent limbs.
Heavy fire bolts of hair . . . cruel indifference of glances ... faithless attentions ...
Unnerved by tears so gentle I go back home, my flesh scorched by radiant smiles.
And I'm going mad in the middle of this ordinary night after a thousand other nights of such impure fervor.
Translated by David Stivender andJ. D. McClatchy
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