About Borromini


Bending makes the tension
That spirals the side of a shell
That a snail lugs across the land
Like a Dutchman does a camper van.

What does the oyster do with a pearl?
He makes a balustrade with bending rails
To fit two people in love, giving
abandonment its geometric limits

The flag is moving.
No, the wind is moving.
Well, perhaps the mind is moving.
Nothing is what it seems.

Where does the eye in the sky
Deep under the massive sea
Place its point of view
To look at a fish make a wave?

The space where one would kneel
He makes a star for King David
With a ring of magic dancers.
The music of prayer ascends.

Lucignano, 6 2005