No one has to agree with me about this, it's just a personal prejudice. |
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About ItaliansWhat is it about Italians?What shortening or lengthening of genes delivers them two steps past ordinary, to elegance? The Greeks, Chinese are longer at the game, further up the food chain of antiquity and yet the grace is there, Italian Unmistakably felt, even in a crowd Art is life in Italy, the conversation swells with it, each word a craft Hereditary smells and tastes, the simmering language ladled over me An entire nation on fire with life Centuries, regarded from a fourth dimension Visions pop, like rabbits from a hat What is it about Italians? |
This poem is included in Jim Freeman's poetry collection BROKEN PIECES available here in print or as an e-Book in your favorite formats. |