a strong bora
sends the boats in the port
rocking and clanging
people keep clutching
their hats
tightly to their heads
their skirts to their thighs
we take windblown photographs
of each other
before the harbor bay
the wind is not as wild
as on the funny drawings
on those picture postcards
that show everything flying
through the air
but things are bad enough
to bring tears to your eyes
and to make us turn our backs
on the rest
of Trieste
and dry our eyes
over coffee and coke
in a small bar
around the corner
* * *
Mar 17, 2015
Mar 17, 2015 at 6:12 PM UTC
a strong bora
sends the boats in the port
rocking and clanging
people keep clutching
their hats
tightly to their heads
their skirts to their thighs
we take windblown photographs
of each other
before the harbor bay
the wind is not as wild
as on the funny drawings
on those picture postcards
that show everything flying
through the air
but things are bad enough
to bring tears to your eyes
and to make us turn our backs
on the rest
of Trieste
and dry our eyes
over coffee and coke
in a small bar
around the corner
* * *
Trieste is a lovely old multicultural Italian city on the northern Mediterranean. Bora is a fierce fall wind in this area, blowing from the land to the sea
