Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Picking San Giovanni

Vetralla, Lazio


Donkeys stir in the last mist.

A glass jar each, 

Federico and I hike through hazelnuts

to where the yellow flowers 

flock amidst Etruscan tombs.

Singing soft Frank Ocean

as a grace, I wind 

my wrists through grass.

Blooms smear pollen

where my fingers fold.

Federico's hand unfurls

on my back to brace me 

when I climb, too high perhaps, 

to pick the final few.

 

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