friendly assessment n. 8, training, when words are worthless

by these forgotten suburbs of the world
virtually shared
on pale and flat screens
stained with signs
  codes
combined with ideograms,
icons and images
in low or high definition,
detaching
moving away
training yourself to use just a slight nod of your hand
and a step back
to show the distance
the difference between yourself and the rest
and so represent
your fragile but determined and conscious uniqueness
in its silence, so eloquent and clear
  lymph of life

Marco Bo