Bambino2

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Eccomi
Io sono pronto
Fai presto a picchiarmi
Voglio tornarmene a casa
La merendina
Già te la sei presa
Di figurine ormai
Non me ne restano più
Se raccontassi a casa quello che è successo
Me l’hanno già promesso che mi daranno il resto
Allora io mi tappo il naso
Ingoio questo rospo
Apro la porta e poi
Sorrido a te, papà
Sorrido a te, mammà
Sorrido a tutta la gente che
Violentemente si approfitta di me
Ma un giorno crescerò
E tutto cambierà
Ne sono proprio convinto io
Un giorno ci riuscirò
Signor sì
Signor Caporale
I cubi son fatti male
Li dovrò rifare
Ovvio che è colpa mia
Se i cappuccini son freddi
Dovrei darmi una mossa
Per portarveli caldi
Se dicessi ai superiori quel che poi già sanno
Non cambierebbe nulla
È più sarei una, spia così mi tappa ancora il naso
Ingoio un altro rospo
Corro al piazzale e poi
Sorrido al sergente
Sorrido al generale
Sorrido a tutta la gente che impunemente sta facendomi male
Ma la naia finirà
E tutto cambierà
Ne sono proprio convinto io
Vedrai che sarà così
Ma anche nel lavoro
Le cose sono uguali
Colleghi e capi ufficio
Mi danno del coglione
Mi sono rotto il cazzo di ingoiare rospi
Prendo un respiro e poi
Fanculo a te papà
Fanculo a te mammà
Fanculo a tutta la gente che allegramente si è burlata di me
Fanculo al sergente
E anche al generale
Fanculo ai capi ufficio
Fanculo ai colleghi che ha riso di me
Fanculo pure te
Fanculo prima me

This is a firm critique of bullying in all its forms. It highlights that responsibility does not lie solely with the perpetrators, but also with those who have a duty to supervise yet fail to intervene, with those who stand by passively as spectators, and—above all—with the victims themselves, who, by tolerating such abuse, allow their own personal dignity to be compromised.

Here I am,
I am ready.
Hurry up and beat me,
I want to go back home.
You’ve already taken my snack,
and I don't have any collectible stickers left.
If I told them at home what happened,
they already promised me they’d give me the rest
(In Italian, "dare il resto" means giving change, but idiomatically "ti do il resto" means "I will beat you up too" or "I'll give you what you deserve". The child is trapped between the bullies at school and a violent environment at home).
So I plug my nose,
I swallow this toad
(The Italian idiom "ingoiare il rospo" means to swallow a bitter pill, to bite your tongue and accept a humiliating situation without reacting),
I open the door and then
I smile at you, dad,
I smile at you, mom,
I smile at all the people who
violently take advantage of me.
But one day I will grow up
and everything will change,
I am truly convinced of it,
one day I will make it.
Yes, sir!
Yes, Corporal!
The cubes are made badly (In Italian military slang, "fare il cubo" — making the cube — refers to folding blankets and sheets into a perfectly geometric, sharp-edged cubic shape on the cot. Legally, every soldier is strictly responsible for their own bunk. The fact that the protagonist is forced to make them for others highlights illegal hazing and an abuse of power by senior ranks, who exploit recruits for personal chores).
I’ll have to remake them.
Of course it's my fault
if the cappuccinos are cold
(Here "cappuccini" refers to the morning coffee run the recruit has to do for the higher-ranking soldiers; it represents the humiliating chores forced upon new recruits. This line highlights how the requirement for new recruits to carry out personal errands for their superiors constitutes an abuse of power and a violation of military regulations.)

I should move faster
to bring them to you hot.
If I told my superiors what they already know,
nothing would change,
and plus, I'd be a spy, so I plug my nose again,
I swallow another toad.
I run to the parade ground and then
I smile at the sergeant,
I smile at the general,
I smile at all the people who, with impunity, are hurting me.
But the naia will end (The word "naia" is an old Italian military slang term specifically used to describe the mandatory, compulsory military service that existed in Italy until it was suspended in 2005. It carries a heavy connotation of hardship, alienation, wasted time, and archaic hierarchy. In English, it is translated as "conscription" or "the draft", but the slang flavor is uniquely Italian),
and everything will change,
I am truly convinced of it,
you’ll see it will be that way.
But even at work,
things are the same.
Colleagues and office bosses
call me a dumbass
(The Italian "mi danno del coglione" means they openly disrespect him by calling him an idiot/ballless. "Coglione" is literally "testicle" but used as an insult for someone weak or stupid).
I am fucking sick of swallowing toads!
I take a breath and then:
Fuck you, dad!
Fuck you, mom!
Fuck you to all the people who cheerfully mocked me!
Fuck the sergeant,
and the general too!
Fuck the office bosses,
fuck the colleagues who laughed at me!
Fuck you too,
fuck me first
(The final twist "Fanculo pure te / Fanculo prima me" is a devastating moment of self-awareness. The protagonist realizes that by remaining silent for so long, by smiling at his abusers and choosing submission, he was his own first enemy. He curses himself for having allowed them to destroy his dignity for all those years).