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Tempeste

Chapter 44: FRATERNITÀ
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The collection gathers intense lyric poems that confront poverty, labor disasters, and private suffering, alternating public protest and intimate devotion. Many pieces depict expulsions, mine explosions, strikes, funerals and the daily humiliation of the poor, while others meditate on maternal love, personal strength, memory and spiritual renewal. Natural and urban images—storms, flames, roads, and silent rooms—underscore the urgency of social solidarity and moral resilience, producing a voice that blends social denunciation with intimate tenderness and austere moral passion.

FRATERNITÀ

Mendicante che vai sotto la pioggia
E mi stendi la man,
Con lungo sguardo e con lamento supplice
Chiedendo un soldo e un pan,
 
Ingiusta al pari de la tua miseria
È la miseria mia:
Mi trascina con te l'Ineluttabile
A una stessa agonia:
 
Sol tu, cui fame insazïata strazia,
Lo gridi, il tuo dolor:
Io, pianti e febbri soffocando, muoio
Per nostalgia d'amor!...

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