Between the spring and the fall
Comes the Spoleto arts festival.

It provides a special incentive
To give some places a face lift.

When I set Google Translate to work on the Latin,
“Lake on the Old Market” starts out making sense.

Only then nouns and verbs fall out of agreement
And the sense of direction turns back on itself.

“The place of the forum were restored to the dungeon
Of the oldness of the Senate’s decree of Spoleto,

The most exhausted…” by the end of the line I reach
the same place. Note Bene: The water sounds sweet.