Songstress on Primetime Italian TV
Songstress what songstress
I see svelte teenage girls
in bikinis gyrating
while men watch
& women clap hands
in time to the band who
are all men
no they’re definitely lip-synching
in fact not even
damn adverts
next up there are svelte teenage girls
in bikinis suspended
from meat hooks
while men in butchers’ hats
slap price tags on their arses
well not really from meat hooks but
you certainly get an idea of something
Daniel Roy Connelly was born in England but has spent much of his adult life being educated in Italy, India, Bangladesh, The USA and Scotland. Formerly a British diplomat, he has been an academic since 1999. He is currently an assistant professor of English Literature and Theatre at John Cabot University and The American University of Rome.