Art and Prosecco

Nude draped across *Chaise Longue like a pharaoh, Stained with cheap coffee from the expresso, Take-outs growing mould beside my cello, It reads ‘Buyer’s Dream’ on the sale memo, Landlord shrieks for rent in high *falsetto, “Maybe next week”, I sing back in *mezzo, I pour a long-cracked mug of prosecco, Next doors jazz flows, Nina Simone’s echo, That paints the canvas bright gold and yellow. * Chaise Longue – A long chair * Falsetto – high-range singing voice * Mezzo – ‘middle” in Italian (middle range for female singers) 07/11/22 Monomixorhyme and Poetry Contest Sponsor: Hilo Poet Syllable counter: howmanysyllables.com