La mensa degli ingegneri di Franco Silvestri
Taranto dolce e disarmata patria di acque
oasi di mare tra rive inesplorate
il grido del pescatore come un gabbiano
si posa sulle onde con solitario linguaggio
con magico richiamo con inviti ancestrali
le canne rabbrividiscono,
il dominio del vento si acquieta
i remi scandiscono i ritmi
di antichissimi riti al ritorno.
So che non trovi più l’approdo usato
pescatore venuto da generazioni fenicie
ci sono mostri in agguato con bave ferrose
sulle sponde del tuo Mar Piccolo.
Torna al giaciglio di morte intatto nei millenni, Theris,
noi amiamo il tuo nome consegnatoci da Leonida.
Si saldano i tempi nella purezza di un tramonto
il sole occiduo incendia una cortina di oblio
sulla ferriera.
All’alba il pescatore solitario cercherà
tra i canneti lungo le rive segrete
un’orata superstite per la mensa degli ingegneri.
(da Il canto galla, 1985)
Un’immagine struggente di Taranto come era e come potrebbe essere senza le scelte d’uno sviluppo industriale cieco e nocivo (la ferriera, vale a dire l’ex ILVA) che si salda alla memoria storica della città fondata da Leonida con una nota finale di amara ironia.
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