From Sleep, which was republished by New York Review Books in November 2023.

a soft sonnet is all the strength i have
to create, full easy life have i ever and ever
again and again destroyed, but was it god crying
within me turn out all
lights! No love be granted to he who
hates all love save life
writ on paper there goes my
seed wild into
death.

_{© 1992, 2020, Garzanti s.r.l., Milan. Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol}