for Roberto
busy as a beaver
busy as a beaver
Roberto is a rodent
and a builder
dreaming of city walls in big boulders
with branches, bits of woods, his teeth and shoulders
he diverts streams and destiny for a stubborn shelter
great beaver swimmer, brave as a bear, ready for winter
his tiller the tail, not in the least afraid
dams to the flood, builder of barriers
nests to nurse life
until the worst's over
febbraio 2002