Rain Like This We Have Not Seen

02 Monday Sep 2019

Nor thunder claps as loud or as close between.

Earlier today, at ease over caffè, we rehearsed
The nearest natural disaster of equal force.

: Earthquake of magnitude 4.1 (25 miles away, in Norcia, where the bikers raced the day before): No damage or injuries reported

Earthquake of magnitude 4.1 (25 miles away, in Norcia, where the bikers raced the day before): No damage or injuries reported

A True Believer

01 Sunday Sep 2019

I’ve always been a postulant at the font of knowledge.
Still U have to draw the line somewhere short of diss.

Like the one my wife delivered in the clothing store, a
punchline (in her best Italian) about the habits of men

Gladly shared with the young, obliging and native clerk.
Women who shop with us, it seems, believe we’re jerks.