Fascinate


Heart murmurs fascinate me
the sound of galopping concerns
life usurping its throne to death
eyes like modern metropolis
buzzing swarms of to-do lists 
while your soul no longer insists 
on connecting dots on starry nights 
you don’t use a thimble anymore
to sew broken days to ecstatic nights
you let it all go 
and ride the calendar as it comes
the dandruff as it plummets
your heart as it ticks

Ellectrocuted


When my crockery crashes 
with such irksome croaking 
my mind disperses its thoughts
running spaghettis through the colander
I think back on my timing
flailing my arms, maybe hours will stop
I was 17, reaching out to an ink donor 
couldn’t find anything different
than my  flickering shadow
plunging into the night
before the day was over

I used to chase thunderstorms
like kites breaking out their sky
always running at breakneck speed
on the slope of my anxiety 
every time falling onto a night
arriving too early, disintegrating the light
leaving me electrocuted 

Aldo Quagliotti is an Italian poet living in London, UK. He’s the author of Japanese Tosa (London Poetry Books), Confessions Of A Pregnant Man (AllienBuddha Press) and Incubi&Succubi. 

His poems have been rewarded in Italy, Brazil, USA, Canada, Ireland and in the United Kingdom. He has been selected for important anthologies such as Paper therapy,Yawp!, The Essential anthology, Murmurations, Poetical Word, Poetry in the Time of Coronavirus. Several webzines and magazines have published his work, such as INNSÆI, U-rights, Credo espoir, Parouisia , Poetica Review and many more.He has been chosen to represent the Poetry Corner at the London Chelsea + Kesington Art Week. 2020,2021 and 2022 editions. 

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