No snow under the

trees anywhere, as if they --


were warm animals.

No snow under the

The stucco-flowers,

painted over too thickly,


resemble planets.

[ The stucco-flowers ]

Plenty of spotlights

under the bridge, spooky, what --


could have happened here?

I rake the ashes

of the olive stones and I --


smell my homesickness.

Roses are red, 
strawberries too.
I went to Med, 
I really miss you.

I did my best
heart on my chest
I went to the fest
Oh my! What a zest!