Cara Valentina [English translation]

Dear Valentina, time doesn't do its duty

And sometimes it worsens things

Believe me, I truly thought I had gotten over

A difficult moment

And even now it's not clear to me what mistake I've made

If the real mistake was mine

Because since my thirties you had been waiting for a man

With a sense of a duty

Because those who fall in love should not tell anyone

Or an imprudent emphatic idiocy

When caressing you while you're turned to the other side

I have the odd sensation of a love that's alight

That's exploded way too soon in my hands

And dear Valentina, what an unnatural effort it is to forgive myself

For being myself, for having been created so badly

Dear Valentina, time doesn't do its duty

And sometimes it worsens things

And you'll be the pretext

To explore

A small

Personal problem of philosophy

On how to get enjoyment out of

Being disliked by others

The way that, after all, you expect it to be

For example, it's not true

That I oftentimes dwell

On a single topic...

• Artist:Max Gazzè