10TH STEP

PIAZZA SAN MARCO 11TH OF JUNE 17.00

QUITE EXACTLY

WE SAT HER DOWN AND UNTIED HER JUST

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PIAZZA

LOOKING AT THE CATEDRALE

FOLK - KNOW AND UNKNOWN - START PICKING ON US

WE ASK THEM TO STEP BACK AND GIVE SPACE

FOR THE BIRDS

AND SLOWLY THEY DID CAME

SHY INNOCENT PREDATORY

UNDERCOVER FLYING RATS

MAKING THEIR PERFORMANCE

AS USUAL

WE JUST LEFT HER THERE

(THE SHOW WAS HER'S NOW)

AND SAT AT FLORIANS WITH OUR FRIENDS

11TH STEP

AFTER A WILE

THE 2ND PREDATORY ATTACK WAS READY:

TIRED OF EXHAUSTING THEIR COMPACT CAMERAS FROM THE DISTANCE

THEY WENT FOR THE REAL THING

THEY TOUCH HER SCRATCH HER TOOK PIECES OFF HER

MADE PICTURES WITH HER, ETC.

FROM THAT MOMENT ON THE BIRDS

DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE ANY MORE

SHE WAS A CULTURAL OBJECT

PUBLIC PROPERTY

EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT

I WONDER WHICH ONE THE VENETIAN HATE MOST

THE PIGEONS

OR THE TOURIST?

12TH STEP

THE PREDATORY OF 3RD KIND ARRIVE

ALARMED BY SOME BAR-OWNER:

THE POLICE ARRIVE

LA LAW

AND WELL INFORMED THEY COME STRAIGHT TO US

PEOPLE AMONG PEOPLE AT FLORIANS

AND ASK

IS THAT YOUR THING OVER THERE?

THE DISCUSSION WENT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR

INGRID WAS WEARING HER MOST BEAUTIFUL

SCANDINAVIAN SMILE - IRRESISTIBLE (USUALLY)

AND WE VOMIT ALL KIND OF ARGUMENTS -

GOING LIKE: #¤%&& GINO DI MAGIO %¤#&&¤% BONITO OLIVA &¤%t &¤&%"#¤" BIENALLE "#¤%#%"#! YOKO ONO "!¤#!½¤# AND SOFIA LOREN !#¤"#¤"#¤ IL DUCE "#¤!"¤""# ¤"#¤% LEGA NORD #"¤%"#¤%" DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA "¤"#¤"#¤ ZUCCHINI ¤!"¤!"#¤"¤" PATER NOSTRUM !!!!!!!!!

NO

NO PAPER NO STAMPS NO SIGNATURE

GO

WE WAIT THEM OUT, THEY DID THE SAME

SO WE PACK THE LADY

AND START TO GO

13TH STEP

AFTER WALKING 10 METERS

VERY SLOWLY

(EVERY ONE OF US THINKING WHAT A F... ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH HER ?)

INGRID NOTICED LOUDLY = THEY ARE GONE!

THE COPS ARE GONE!

LIKE A FLASH LIGHT WE SAT HER DOWN

UNTIED HER NICELY LOOKING AT SAN MARCO

KISS HER GOODBYE

AND VANISH