RAGAZZI RATLINE 

“Pasolini celebrates an 
ideal of archaic ingenuousness 
belonging to an immemorial 
civiltà contadina.”—Robert Wells
The Times Literary Supplement 
4 (Oct. 5, 1984)
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If I wanted to—
escape the boring
existential angst

The usual struggle—
the same old problem
of human existence

I’d want perhaps—
a fast ragazzi ratline 
outta the human race
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After all, why go—
thru the whole thing
from birth to death?

Why not take a—
shortcut thru all the
usual Schadenfreude?

Adolescent archetype—
thanks to Miss Jung
a quickie teen detour?