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Primo sangue

from Mare Tranquillitatis by Santo Niente

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PRIMO SANGUE
Aveva ritirato la patente quella mattina
Quella notte rubò la macchina del padre
La Volvo blu col cofano argento e i fanali tutti spaccati
che in qualche modo li portò fino alla costa
Andarono in una discoteca sulla spiaggia per bersi gli ultimi soldi
L'estate era alta, le ragazze erano vestite di niente

C'era una coppia al centro della pista che si baciava
Lui le teneva una mano fra le cosce
Lei era bellissima e fuori controllo
Nessuno sembrava farci caso
Sulla via del ritorno il motore esplose
Arrivò a casa che era mezzogiorno

Il vecchio lo prese a cazzotti ancora prima di parlare
Lui sputò sangue, ma gliene piazzò uno buono nelle costole
Il vecchio, stupito, cercò di caricare un altro pugno
ma poi fece solo una smorfia
Sbraitò che gliene aveva date abbastanza per quel giorno
e si allontanò bestemmiando tutti i suoi diavoli.
Lui pensò che alla successiva occasione avrebbe colpito per primo
Questo pensiero lo fece sentire bene
e per la prima volta libero.


FIRST BLOOD
He got his driving license that morning.
At night he stole his father’s car, the blue Volvo with the silver hood and all the lights broken that somehow brought them to the coast.
They went to a disco on the beach to drink away their last money.
Summer was in bloom, the girls were dressed with nothing.

There was a kissing couple in the middle of the dance floor
He kept his hand between her thigs
She looked terrific and out of control
Nobody seemed to notice it
On the way home the motor exploded
He got home at noon

The old man punched him before even saying a single word
He spat blood but hit the old man back hard in the ribs.
The old man amazed tried to load another one
But pulling a face was all he could do
He shouted that the boy had enough punishment for that day
And went away cursing

The boy thought that the next time he would hit the old man first
This thought made him feel him good
And free for the first time

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from Mare Tranquillitatis, released September 23, 2013

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