BIRDS
Birds fly and they don’t,
Birds fall and they fly
Giacomo Leopardi
“The most important day of my life… The doctor was saying, ‘You’ll feel a sharp pain, then shock, and that’s it, a very, very powerful pain…’ It’s okay, I’ll bear it for a moment… my head will explode… mother will be very worried; as soon as they tell her, she might faint, she won’t believe it… Then she’ll be in the hospital for a few months… Maybe she’ll even end up committing suicide…”
“Black… Black…”
“What?”
“Black…”
“Where are you, Piglet?”
“Sorry to bother you… do you have any chocolate? I’m hungry…”
The weak fluttering of Piglet’s arms could be heard. He landed softly on the floor, put on his slippers and walked up to Black’s bed…
Black took out a chocolate from the box and held it out to the boy…
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