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Christina Calvano
Poems
Feb 2016
The Neighborhood Jury
Gathered daily along Via Longura
Over antipasto and a deck of fifty-two,
Surly men conspire with
The **** barista in
CafΓ© Settimane
And the neighborhood
nonna
cursing from a window,
Even the resident pigeon lady
Atop her cobblestone perch,
But not with me,
una ragazza Americana
On the 98th of a hundred day stay, and unprepared
For the faint
buongiorno
that came out of no where
Or the dealer who winked at me
I swearβAnd I settled in as a regular
With a smile on my lips, a grunt from
Nonna
,
My standard
espresso
waiting for me on the counter.
Written by
Christina Calvano
Center Valley
(Center Valley)
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