[Can I? Can I become him?] Poem by Antonio Santori

Can I? Can I become him?
Become what he
imagines.

But I am this page!
I am just this page.
This page that says
I am this page.

This
page.

This page that wants
to get out of this page.
Get out of this page…
Without pretending not to understand.
Getting out means

getting in.
Being someone else
that doesn't write.
Like me (don't pretend
you don't understand).
Getting out means
becoming.
Becoming what he
(what I?)
imagines.

Can I get out and become
(this page?)
Can I? Can I become him?[…]

Translated by Tania Calcinaro