Monday, July 25, 2011

Lerici II


They still fish in Lerici. The Gulf
of Poets saw Byron swim and
Shelley's heart refused to burn
on the beach of San Terenzo, but
in October, I left my clothes and key
on a rock and slipped my legs
into the cool, glassy sea. Sailboats
breeze by easily, the ferry to Cinque
Terre leaves four times a day, and
the man at the cafe wants to take me
to dinner in La Spezia. I hold
my breath and float, float. 

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