Solipsistic Haiku by Maurizio Brancaleoni

in the outside world —
all my sins
in red and white

nel mondo esterno:
rosso su bianco
tutti i miei peccati

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at the nursing home —
the old lady asleep
with a packed suitcase

all’ospizio:
la vecchia dorme
con la valigia pronta

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waiting for death
the cat passes by
to say hi

aspettando la
morte il gatto passa per
un salutino

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Via Marsala —
among the pigeons the bum
talks to himself

Via Marsala:
tra i piccioni il barbone
parla da solo

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the dog’s moaning
is persistent —
my fate

il lamento del cane
è persistente:
il mio destino

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after sleeping on it
I haven’t solved it yet —
undertow of cars

dormendoci su
non ho ancora risolto:
risacca d’auto

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in the face of
my decline the bats
laugh their jaws off

di fronte al mio
declino i pipistrelli
si sganasciano

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end of April —
a black trash bag
dragged by the wind

fine d’aprile:
la busta nera
trascinata dal vento

Maurizio Brancaleoni is a poet and translator. He lives near Rome, Italy. His haiku have appeared in a wide variety of journals over the past few years. Maurizio manages “Leisure Spot”, a bilingual blog where he posts interviews, reviews and translations: https://leisurespotblog.blogspot.com/p/interviste-e-recensioni-interviews-and.html