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AQUILEIA
A TIME, A PLACE <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IN A TIME OF WORK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEVOTED TO THE REORDERING OF AN OLIVE GROVE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IT HAPPENS THAT FROM THE UNUSUAL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SORTING OF WOODS, OF STICKS,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OF BUNDLES GATHERED FROM PRUNING;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND FROM THE RECOVERY OF STONES AND BOULDERS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FROM THE EXCAVATION OF A FUTURE HOUSE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RE-EMERGES<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A PLACE OF CHILDHOOD MEMORY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AQUILEIA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHICH WAS THE VERY FIRST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

REVEALING EPISODE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OF A PASSION FOR ANCIENT STONES<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THIS PLACE \u2013 REAL, INSTEAD \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IT ALSO HAPPENS THAT \u2013 UNEXPECTEDLY \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FROM THE FOUNDATION EXCAVATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRACES OF AN ANCIENT HOUSE RISE AGAIN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND THE LAYOUT OF THE NEW ONE, BY CHANCE,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OVERLAYS IT LIKE A FOOT ON A FOOTPRINT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE FOUNDATION SLAB \u2013 IN REINFORCED CONCRETE \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IS THE SPACE OF ACCUMULATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR THE STONES AND WOOD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHICH HERE TAKE ON A DIFFERENT ROLE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(IF) IN ANCIENT TIMES <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARCHITECTURES DEFINED A CONFINED SPACE, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND MARBLES EMBELLISHED THEM, AND <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCULPTED AND PAINTED FIGURES<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TOLD STORIES, COMPREHENSIBLE <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(THEN) HERE EVERYTHING IS MORE UNCERTAIN;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE BOUNDARIES FRAYED<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE SONG MORE VAGUE AND ABSTRACT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE TESSERAE OF THE PHILOLOGICAL MOSAIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCATTERED TEETH THAT HINT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AQUILEIA, IN SHORT,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IS AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPACE IN REVERSE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IT IS AN UNFAITHFUL <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND FRAGILE CONSTRUCTION<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IT IS THE RUIN AND THE PHOENIX<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TIME THAT CHANGES THE SHADOW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND DEPOSITS COLOR, IRRIGATING<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE SKIN OF THE GROUND<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF HERE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OR LOSE YOURSELF IN THE SACRED WOOD <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND AVERT YOUR GAZE <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AS A PANIC CREATURE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YOU MAY ARRIVE AT THE SPRING<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND BE AMAZED THAT IT IS DRY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YOU MAY SEE THE FOOLISH MONKEY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADORING ITSELF UPON THE COLUMN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YOU MAY\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND MEMORY IS SHADOWS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DESTINED TO FADE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monteleone Sabino, 14 May 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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