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Alda Merini is the author of numerous books, including The Presence of Orpheus, Fear of God, Roman Wedding, Diary of an Other, and Rage of Love. She lives in Milan. Email a friend >> Printable version >> |
From "Aphorisms and Spells"
As I am Catholic
I have never played.
* * *
I've had
thirty-six lovers
plus tax.
* * *
I am the most chaste woman
in Italian literature.
* * *
I am completely
asexual
not counting errors
and omissions.
* * *
Mount Sinai
is sometimes confused
with the Mons Veneris.
* * *
No one can know
what is
between me and God. Translated by Douglas Basford
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