Mi Nona

venice seemed a bit 
moving today i'd wondered 
over genova's coast 

hardly a peek over masone's 
entrance father was beneath himself 
filled with bitter rage

it appeared my fetish for clark's 
trouser's boosted family morale 
i'd covered this endless romance 

several months now 
keeping watch over 
my grandmother's 

crest of identity a sullen logo 
that read milan descending 
aimously into corleone valley
 
weathered so cringing almost 
with thee farewell findings 
omerta standing in view 

silence emerged  an yet 
i could only whisper his name 
within this tiny village how different 

we were how divided on appian way
our ancestor's balanced seperation 
segrgation among italian

hemesphrere who am i now 
thee darkest bella 
red pellerosa apo new york
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Onclaud Avatar
November 19, 2013 at 12:37 PM
graciously scribed and perhaps continents no longer divided... wonderful tribute to your grandma, yolanda..:) huggles
Nicholsen Avatar
November 19, 2013 at 11:49 AM
in loving memory of my nona my italian grandmother somewhere in italy ! milan
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