Where E.T. Lives

By Edda Tassi

Elon! You were up there, in the sky above Rome. It captured Bambi, pure, systematic, free essence.

His dust became celestial, from the yellow flower , to the water, to the air, with night lights above Ostia Antica. The net to catch butterflies or fish, to save E.T.  

And that red sky o

• Language: English
• Publisher: Norman Valdez
• Release date: Apr 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9781999203535

Edda Tassi

Edda Tassi ha conseguito la prima laurea in Lettere e Filosofia all'università di Perugia. Successivamente ella ha conseguito una seconda laurea all'Università "La Sapienza" di Roma. Edda è molto amata e rispettata nelle università e negli ambienti lettererari di tutto il mondo, specie degli Stati Uniti, per il suo sito web letterario, che ha passato il mezzo miliardo di accessi.

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A poem for Elon

1

The first celestial sphere

struggles to warm the Earth

because some evil wizard

wants to harness its rays.

The sun is hiding

among the April clouds.

What summer would be without him

for lovers lost in the night

like fireflies in the fields?

And the poor cicadas?

The whole orchestra would fail.

2

I loved freedom more than love

when my name became

that of the world in a book

not for sissies in the kitchen

but for transatlantic adventures.

I am the wind

inextinguishable form of life.

What will my next name?

3

The law of love is such

to do unbelievable things.

Every gesture, every thought

has a magnetic power

you’ll recognize with amazement.

An infinite wonder, like the first time

when the child sees the world.

4

If you try to touch the sun

you will die. And the sun will light up

a new stratosphere.

The mighty humans staring at it

go totally blind.

And insane.

5

Oh, rich man

who thinks you’re God!

The math is not wrong

you cannot count anything.

Buy yourself an abacus