Done - well done - just
Enough to peel back a layer
Or two or three or four
- Enough to open up -
A cat here - a cat there - and way over
There - the dream resonates
I see the dress: black with dots
A full skirt, a plunging top -
The kind I always look good in
My hair loose
- italy a skip away
Capri or Venice I don’t recall
I just recall the dress and sneakers
And you standing far enough away
Yet close enough to see - the dress
But not the sneakers - why in god’s
Country - would I wear sneakers
That’s an easier question to ponder
than why I saw you - arms crossed
Legs slightly apart, jeans and a belt
And a tucked in shirt - I never under
Stood the need to tuck away a short
Sleeved shirt - as if it had to impress
But I digress
there you were - a few steps away
In an Italy you never even knew I knew
Perhaps I’ll go there again
And sell paper hats