spies learn
how to play tennis
because
if they are tortured
they can image
they are playing tennis
which will completely
occupy their mind
and they will ignore the pain.
if you do not believe me
ask any spy.

some people
choose not to be parents
because the pain
of loving a child
is too much for them.

but when you ask them
they will tell you
that they prefer to travel.

no human will ever ask
5,000 euros for one night
in an small apartment in rome

if i tell you, you will be defensive.
if you ask me, i will not trust you.

we need to find a way
where communication happens
in absolute equality.

otherwise we will be
in a neverending defense distrust loop.

putins and xis are important parts of the west
and not alien evils.

the west should consider them as its product
and valuable customer feedback.

putins and xis are just like cancer:
a predictable reaction to centuries of racism and bullshit.

the west, which lied for decades about climate crisis
has no choice but to create putins and xis every few decades.

the west is simply not valuable enough
to billions of people who choose alternatives.

to win against putins and xis the west should ask everyone
what they want and then actually do that.

i wrote a lot of poems about rafael
and a lot of poems about death
but not so many about rafael and death.
finally rafael called me to ask me
about my father’s death
and it gave me an idea this poem
about rafael and death.
thank you rafael.

ask him to do 100 things
99 will not get done
but that 1 thing
is the stuff of legends

i hope
someone asks me
a question
that makes me feel
like someone gets me
you know
what i mean?

for ten years
every day
i ask martina
if she loves me
and she never
answers