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Ciao
Ended April 19, 2021 • 7 Entries • Created by Adin
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Finder in Dreams
• 48 reads

Ciao, Darlings

The women

out of place

in a black dress with a neck line too low

revealing a décolletage

crumpled like a rejected manuscript

her greeting

her way of leaving the impression

she had recently summered in Venice.

Those people

whispering as she passed

because they found her

incredibly

seductive

influential

or both

as she believed

her mind not being what it used to.

She was neither.

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Moonsinger128 in Dreams
• 29 reads

waste

i thought we meant more

than goodbye in a single word.

but only a solitary syllable slipped out of your lips-

and you walked the other way.

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AlisonAudrey in Dreams
• 28 reads

Ciao

I tell myself I get sick it’s okay I go to the hospital I get better

needles seeking tragedy

tattoos that hide

under sleeves

blood rotten and bittersweet

ciao to the veins laced with low dopamine

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Mac1 in Dreams
• 37 reads

To ‘ciao’ or not?

To ciao

Or not to ciao?

Across Italy, you’ll hear a greeting

That rhymes with chow and is handy

To say hi or bye, nothing fancy.

But don’t overuse ciao like candy,

Because of the word’s true meaning.

A Venetian phrase is the root:

Literally: “I am your slave”

Comes from when Venice ruled Slavs

From the cradle to the grave

In the country shaped like a boot.

Morphing into “at your service”

And said informally nowadays

To pals and peers in Italia,

The meaning from its origin strays

But ciao still makes some folks nervous.

Especially when a stranger

Says ciao it may seem impolite

To an older Italian who might

Consider the greeting a blight

So, tourists, weigh the greeting danger.

To ciao

Or not to ciao?

Visitors, you have some options:

Salve works anytime to say hello

Buongiorno says bye and hello

Arrivederci means bye, not hello

In short, use ciao with caution

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batmaninwuhan in Dreams
• 41 reads

ciao, indeed

I pretended they are not there,

the voices speak,

the tortured , joyous murmurs,

giving advice,

like they know anything,

berating,

like it's their business,

complaining,

like it's my fault, or that i can help,

mocking,

like i'm not used to it.

dealing with the voices,

i get a thick skin,

which i groom and shed,

as season and humidity require.

the voices don't learn,

the voices don't really care,

so i told them to get lost,

gave them all Fs, and a citation.

see how their mommies,

deal with the disciplinary quagmire.

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HRR in Dreams
• 43 reads

Good Riddance

I find comfort

In the rhythm of solitude

Soothing myself

In the absence of your lead

My toes

No longer contending with your ego

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