Flowers

Il marito di mia madre all’epoca era in carcere. Io dopo la scuola spesso andavo alla baracca dove mia madre vendeva i fiori e vendevo i fiori. Annaffiavo le piante, ma non c’avevo tanta voglia. Mia madre spesso mi portava mio fratello e lei se ne andava. Poi tornava per allattarlo e beveva una birra. Poi se ne andava di nuovo. Io ero svogliato, l’acqua per i fiori andavo a prenderla col motorino alla fontanella nella via sopra.

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My mother's husband was in prison at that time. After school, I often went to the shack where my mother used to sell flowers and I sold flowers. I watered the plants, but I didn't really want to. My mother often brought my brother to me and she left. She then came back to breastfeed him and drank a beer. Then she left again. I was listless, I went to get water for the flowers on my moped from the fountain in the street above.