his wife Rita, neighbors, children, people
bringing or borrowing things. The nickname
of Fausto was: gazza. Italian for: magpie.
He had racks with trays and drawers, full
of components. Pawls and cams, plugs and
flanges, resistors, carbon brushes, the lot.
When Fausto Bincoletto saw magpies in the morning,
(according to him, you see magpies rarely alone)
that was a sign it was gonna be a nice day.
Later in the day they promised beautiful dreams.
They asked Henk about his origins. In the
dictionary he looked up the Italian word
for 'organ'. You only had to put an 'o'
behind it, and making the gesture of turning
a wheel, they said: 'organino' and 'organetto
di Barberia'. But then 'più grande' what he had
looked up again. Really big, not a belly organ.
On wheels, they had to be hung behind a car.
His father was once a member of a theater
collective, called 'Proloog'. They always
depicted the 'capitalist clique' as a fat
bloke with a cigar and dollar signs in the
eyes, A crazed general, a slick Monsignor,
a secret service man wearing dark shades etc.
Who if necessary would use the underworld
to maintain their position. And that his
father was teased with it. Nobody was gonna
take that serious ... poor caricature...
And now all coming true ... here in Italy.
