La dolce attesa [English translation]

At the third month of hysterical pregnancy

the soft features of motherhood already appear on ther face

She said that Maddalena would be a special name, together with Sofia

in case the baby was a male, Vincenzo Maria.

At the sixth month of hysterical pregnancy

everyone thought it was advisable not to bother the truth

Undermined by remorse for having given her the torment

until she gave birth to a creature within the fertile age

While she was waiting for the happy event

that never would have taken place

she bought maternity clothes and a wooden crib

like those of the past

you could read her boundless happiness in her face

because she was pregnant

At the ninth month of hysterical pregnancy

all kept the staging unchanged from cowardice

it would have been a matter of days and it would have cleared up for itself

the unfortunate misunderstanding of which she was the one and only architect

While waiting for the happy event

that never would have taken place

she felt that creature moving with superb grace

like a trapeze artist on stage, you could read her immeasurable happiness in her face

While waiting for the happy event

she had already thought of everything

priest, baptism and clinic with a wooden cradle

like those of past times, and the most varied types of carillon

Mystical and slow time, she was pregnant

she was pregnant

• Artist:Carmen Consoli