Outside Art

If U look closely in one of the mirrors below,
U may glimpse the games being played outside.

In their stead, one of our all-time favorites
From the Calder wing of the permanent collection:

Where We Find His Fun House

Weird Except at the End (After the Permanent Collection)

When imagine what, to our surprise,
Was taking place before our very eyes:

Were being restored for the visual arts
With mirrors and cloth playing their parts:

About the time our Italian breaks down
He kindly directs us around to the back.

Weird, After Weird, After Weird Exhibits

In Museo Carandente at an old familiar Palazzo:

Yesterday’s reopening, at least, was on house money.

An Earlier Study

We know, exactly, the remembered place
On the specific night in the specific year
When, ahead of our annual reservations (as usual),
Two perfect strangers passed before the shutter
As two old friends sat on the same Piazza bench
Like bookends, studying the lights as they played
Against the ancient buildings in the square.

Our Study of a Study

Let It Suffice It to Say

What Rebecca said about the tall Italian drink
In the skin-tight jeans and thigh-high heels,
Who stood casually talking to the city workers,
Would have gotten me in a whole lot of trouble
Had those words ever crossed my mind’s threshold:

I bet those men
Will pick up her trash
Anytime she asks.

Market Day

Surest way to cure a cold:

Waiting for Cappuccino

Sounds like Godot; looks like Godard?
(Not that I recall the New Wave look.)