Two Cities (w/Jeff Gburek)

from About Sounds About Us by Ilaria Boffa

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lyrics

'The railroad breaks the lagoon and
delivers life every thirty minutes.
Rarely on time.
It was November, that mystic entrance
at the arrivals. Wakes, the hiss, Babel,
a few interesting exhibitions.
Nebbia nelle calli.
Further west, the metropolis
its futurity self-restrained, no design for
subsidence.
How distant the strange strangers
how brittle their tilting in the cold.
Desolate the two cities.
Acqua Alta! they yell, acqua alta!
all through.
And it floods slowly, it covers
each tongue, it salts all apertures
the wounds. Do you feel the shockwave?
Rarefied, penetrating
and reverberating underground.
Stay still. It recedes now.
Quiet the two cities.'

'La ferrovia spezza la laguna e
consegna vita ogni trenta minuti.
Raramente puntale.
Era novembre, quell’ingresso mistico
agli arrivi. Scie, il fischio, Babele,
qualche mostra interessante.
Nebbia nelle calli.
A ovest, la metropoli
futuribile e composta, nessun progetto
per la subsidenza.
Distanti, strani stranieri
precario il loro piegarsi al freddo.
Desolate le due città.
Acqua Alta! gridano, acqua alta!
ovunque.
E inonda, lentamente copre
ogni lingua, sala tutte le aperture
le ferite. Senti l’onda d’urto?
Calma, perforante
riverbera sotto terra.
Non ti muovere. Ora recede.
Quiete le due città.'

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from About Sounds About Us, released April 22, 2021

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Ilaria Boffa Padua, Italy

Born 6 January 1972, Ilaria Boffa is an Italian poet and sound recordist. She has published four poetry collections and she is one of the eight authors included in the North East American Association publication ‘Writing in a Different Language’ Vol XL 2018.
Over the last years, she has been experimenting with field recording. ... more