Alberto Vitacchio
from Landlessness
ETYMOLOGY
he too dusts tomes scraps of pages
out of tenderness or abandon
certainly also him because of mortality
so
the day advancing
he opens tawny tins of sardines
breathing the sea
imprudently
his fingers marking references
surely
a
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EXTRACTS
Come on Sub Subs!
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from Landlessness
he too dusts tomes scraps of pages
out of tenderness or abandon
certainly also him because of mortality
so
the day advancing
he opens tawny tins of sardines
breathing the sea
imprudently
his fingers marking references
surely
a
W
H
A
L
E
EXTRACTS
Come on Sub Subs!
at worst convivial out of irresolution after all also he imagines the shuffling on the quarterdeck the rubbing of the tray (he modestly whispers that yes a little drop of nebiolo) for heaven’s sake we don’t expect here or elsewhere maybe at the foot of the page the scratching of the nib confuses like certanties or extremely precise accounts of her HER SHE the Pekee-nuee-nuee in short a gesture of impatience spills a drop of oil and without long years on the sea we must understand him the dust the loneliness the gazing at the sea absolutely absent from the shelves we could surprise him with his hear against the door the one on the right to catch even only the breaking of a single wave a spray perhaps only the sound of the name simply causes dins on the shelves we have   no choice but to climb   the narrow   aluminium ladder and hang out on the void peering at a floor  covered with paper seaweeds using the  first lexical movements we can moisten our fingers with violet ink the going down the seabed will be not possible than stealthilyLOOMINGS
“And God greated great whales”
callmecallmecallmecallmecallmecallme
callmecallmecallmecallmecallmecallme
callmecallmecallmecallmecallmecallme
callmecallmecallmecallmecallmecallme
callmecallmecallmecallmecallmecallme
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( aside )and so merely as a sailor you know a simple process of naming WHAT? I should repeat I presume with good grace maybe in profile well SOME YEARS AGO nooooo also him doesn’t deem necessary he shakes his head he eyes you know he eyes it’s better to   list or    extemporize   LET’S   GET OUT   OF THE         WAY          GENTLEMEN         WE         ARE        STARTING      WE 
ARE                                                                          STARTIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing(acted with alternate voices he says)
circumambulatethe sea a namingagainit    the sea    histhousands upon thousands of mortal men lost in ocean reveries
I he take to the shiphehimthousand upon thousandsthe sea is his“Whaling Voyage by one Ishmael”
“BLOODY NAMING IN A WRITING QUEST”
THE CARPET-BAGa pair of ironed shirts be sensible a pair of shirts perhaps a brakesman pass he sneers (he likes references) on the other hand it’s really better than beeing shut up in your house waiting knocks on the door for mausoleum visitsIS IT HERE WHERE HE LIVES ... TELL ME there are other departuresSuch dreary streets!
empty luggage boots
a green car
The endless lack of fishes
so there are the shirts but crumpled
REJOICE      REJOICE      LET’S      PROCEED     TO      NEW      LISTINGS“The Crossed Harpoons”
“The Sword-Fish”
“The Trap”
( aside )
               we go back to a naming
               VOILA’SPOUTER
COFFINchilling isn’t it?
(annotations recited with several voices)
New Bedford
Nantucket (the place where the first dead American whale was stranded)Leviathan?there should be to examin Coffin with his sounding playfulness on the other hand it’s Peter the name of the character COME IN COME IN PLEASE also him intervenes now therefore take advantage immediately of the appearing of SPOUTER and arm yourselves with a cassette declaiming lentamente stressing                the unrelenting movementWATERward
waterWARD
THE SPOUTER-INN
WELL      COME IN      COME INnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn(aside the picture and the shadows)masses of shades and shadows
masses of shades and shadows
(him)we can tell approaches
explanations even if we could also state
that a head though restricted (burst of laughter from the audience)
it’s certainly better than nothing
on sale together with the shadows
(aside)Peter hehimLandlord, for God’s sake a coffinonly the sealui (pianissimo)
Who-e debel You?
Who
Who-e debel You?
Whoa wary self acting A SOLUTION OF TONALITY you know
I remember the sea and he absurdly amazed staring the reflow of
codewords       BASICALLY LINE UP THE PARAGRAPHS
Who-e debel You?
Who-e debel You?
Who-e debel You?
( he )
WATERWARD
THE COUNTERPANE
( whispering two fingers bent
  to cover the eyes )that’s love
that’s love
that’s love
that
is
his
(recitative)he
he moved
he moved to
he moved to pick
he moved to pick up a
he moved to pick up a pillow
characters: Chief Bromden
                       QueequegHE smiles I BEEN AWAY A LONG TIME   I BEEN AWAY A LONG TIME I BEEN AWAY  A LONG TIME I BEEN AWAY A    LONG TIME I BEEN AWAY A  LONG TIME I   BEEN AWAY A LONG     TIME    I     BEEN     AWAY     A     LONG     TIME     I