LA NEBBIA CI SI DIMENTICA

Imprisoned in
your iris

the city of Venice
lies

trapped inside
a tear

that does its best not to
...fall.

Then falls &
. . .falls.

You weep
Venices.

A Venice dissolves
meanders over a cheek bone.

I kiss each sadness
wipe away each weepy Venice

with the edge of
my cuff.

You defensively put on
your black Ray- Bans

but they make Venices
too

and a tear escapes
trickles under your shades.

I remove it with the tip of
my little finger.

A gondola
comes to court us

for the business of
romance.

You tell him to
"*******. . !"

Laugh your head
hysterically off.

I hold you
that's all I can do

soaking you up in
an emotional osmosis.

A fog quietly
tip toes in and

Venice & we
slowly slowly

are erased
from view

and the fog
forgets us too.