Grazie Gianni. Nel giorno in cui un vergognoso presidente seminatore d’odio e violenza se ne va, lasciando il posto ad uno nuovo che non suscita certo emozionanti aspettative di cambiamento, aggiungo questa piccola citazione poetica (con accompagnamento musicale qui: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CKRg7POpXJb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link), a mio parere, molto significativa e toccante.

AMERICA, parole di Claude McKay 1889-1948

Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,
And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth,
Stealing my breath of life, I will confess
I love this cultured hell that tests my youth.
Her vigor flows like tides into my blood,
Giving me strength erect against her hate,
Her bigness sweeps my being like a flood.
Yet, as a rebel fronts a king in state,
I stand within her walls with not a shred
Of terror, malice, not a word of jeer.
Darkly I gaze into the days ahead,
And see her might and granite wonders there,
Beneath the touch of Time’s unerring hand,
Like priceless treasures sinking in the sand.