Rosanna Staffa

Where I'm From · Mar 24, 2026 · 20m

Where I’m From #29

By Rosanna Staffa

Inspired by George Ella Lyon

I am from a blue Atala bike

From Borotalco Roberts and Coty powder #21

the whiff of candy they left in the bathroom

I’m from watching a snowfall from window to window

Old newspapers piled on a chair and a piano.

I am from yellow tramways and small squares with dripping fountains

Sidewalks smelling pungent,

after a Spring rainfall, skunk.-like

I am from Sunday crossword puzzles, and butterflies

at the window,

No hugs.

Lightning bugs in a jar. A stray cat that was secretly mine.

From Magda Sangineto and Ugo Staffa.

I’m from Magda…