Rome /1/10/73 by Víctor Valera Mora

This cigarette butt

This little bit of ground coffee

This cherry yogurt

These few grains of salt

This fistful

These chamomile flowers

These grains of rice

This ration of semolina pasta

These two fingers of olive oil

This piece of old bread

This chunk of parmesan cheese

That rose in the waters of the Aniene

This bronchial roar

This cold that digs in

This anger that infected me last night

because of the Roman girl’s treachery

These knives