Ah!... se mio padre fosse ancora vivo,

ci annoierebbe ancora con le sue storielle

(cosi` come le chiamavamo noi)

di quando era militare, e di quando doveva nascondersi per non dover essere catturato come un sorcio qualsiasi dai TEDESCHI per esser poi fatto a pezzi come solevano fare...

7 lunghi anni di guerra, di fame e di nascondigli...

E ancora oggi il suo nome viene fatto a pezzi dai TEDESCHI e compagnia bella...che non sono ancora soddisfatti dei massacri che hanno fatto...

Si. Ci annoierebbe ancora.... perche' il suo era un ritornello di sofferenze; ... cose che noi non abbiamo mai capito; ...cose su cui noi ridevamo sopra. ...

..."Siamo stati traditi" disse Anna Frank, ma era in ballo e doveva ballare.

..."Two Days after this Adventure, the Emperor having ordered that Part of his Army, which quarters in and about his Metropolis, to be in a Readiness, took a fancy of diverting himself in a very singular Manner. He desired I would stand like a Colossus, with my Legs as far asunder as I conveniently could. He then commanded his General (who was an old experienced Leader, and a great Patron of mine) to draw up the Troops in close Order, and march them under me; the Foot by Twenty-four in a Breast, and the Horse by Sixteen, with Drums beating, Colours flying, and Pikes advanced. This Body consisted of three Thousand Foot, and a Thousand Horse. His Majesty gave Orders, upon Pain of Death, that every Soldier in his March should observe the strictest Decency, with regard to my Person; which, however, could not prevent some of the younger Officers from turning up their Eyes as they passed under me. And, to confess the Truth, my Breeches were at that Time in so ill a Condition, that they afforded some Opportunities for Laughter and Admiration. ... " ...//JONATHAN SWIFT; Gulliver`s Travels and Other Writings. p.23 ..."However, it was not long before I had an Opportunity of doing his Majesty, at least, as I then thought, a most signal Service. I was alarmed at midnight with the Cries of many Hundred People at my Door; by which being suddenly awaked, I was in some Kind of Terror. I heard the Word Burglum repeated incessantly; several of the Emperor`s Court making their Way through the Croud, intreated me to come immediately to the Palace, where her Imperial Majesty`s Apartment was on fire, by the Carelessness of a Maid of Honour, who fell asleep while she was reading a Romance. I got up in an Instant; and orders beign given to clear the Way before me; and it being likewise a moonshine night, I made a shift to get to the Palace without trampling on any of the People. I found they had already applied ladders to the Walls of the Apartment, and were well provided with Buckets, but the Water was at some Distance. These Buckets were about the Size of a large Thimble, and the poor people supplied me with them as fast as they could; but the Flame was so violent, that they did little Good. I might easily have stiffled it with my Coat, which I unfortunately left behind me for haste, and came away only in my Leathern Jerkin. The Case seemed wholly desperate and deplorable; and this Magnificent Palace would have infallibly been burnt down to the Ground, if, by a Presence of Mind, unusual to me, I had not suddenly thought of an Expedient. I had the Evening before drank plentifully of a most delicious Wine, called Glimigrim, (the Blefuscudians call it Flunec, but ours is esteemed the better Sort) which is very diuretick. By the luckiest Chance in the World, I had not discharged myself of any Part of it. The Heat I had contracted by coming very near the Flames, and by my labouring to quench them, made the Wine begin to operate by Urine; which I voided in such a Quantity, and applied so well to the proper Places, that in three Minutes the Fire was wholly extinguished; and the rest of the noble Pile, which had cost so many Ages in erecting, preserved from Destruction. It was now Day-light, and I returned to my House, without waiting to congratulate with the Emperor; because, although I had done a very eminent Piece of Service, yet I could not tell how his Majesty might resent the manner by which I had performed; For, by the fundamental Laws of the Realm, it is Capital in any person, of what Quality soever, to make water within the Precincts of the Palace. But I was a little comforted by a Message from his Majesty, that he would give Orders to the Grand Justiciary for passing my Pardon in Form; which, however, I could not obtain. And I privately assured, that the Empress conceiving the greatest Abhorrence of what I had done, removed to the most distant Side of the Court, firmly resolved that those Buildings should never be repaired for her use;..." ...Jonathan Swift, Gulliver`s Travels and Other writings pp.34-35 ...E MACHIAVELLI DALLA SUA TOMBA CONTINUA A SCHIAMAZZARE: "IL FINE GIUSTIFICA I MEZZI". Go to ANTOLOGIA POETICA: TINA BARBALACE