Immortality

Fearless creation, commitment to art
in a waterspout, I wonder if he worried
over the lion's nose, knowing it would erode
as a fact of function.  Hundreds of years
later, I cross continents and oceans and still
so many small details blur into Bevagna. But
the roaring decor of a church facade I keep close,
with a nod to the courage of an artist
who could never have imagined my name.