Starting to prepare the change of the code
(Only one number… An easy job?)
for entering step by step
a vast space and an unpredictable time.
Shall we do it in silence? Alone? Connected?
Do we need some extra light?
(Shall you go to watch the firework tonight?)
Will there be Space enough
to meet the Old Friends and
the Newcomers?
Do we need to book Time to share
a scratched table?
Remember to celebrate next year
Armistice, Independence or B-day
from palaces over squares to living rooms
singing Anthems of Love and Hope
and whispering
sweet nothings like
Happy New Year…
Hugo Verkest
(Eccezionalmente, per accogliere un nuovo amico, pubblichiamo una poesia in lingua inglese, ndr)