~ PIZZA ~
P- Piping hot, pungently brought directly to your
alabaster cloth covered table.
I- Italian, intoxicating, heady aroma, I eat all that
I am physically able.
Z- Zestfully, I first sip some beautiful, heady, imported
chilled, Italian Chianti.
Z- Zealously, I eat it all, as for pizza, there is no food
that bewitching that makes a body so mighty.
A- Affection to Italy's gift to the planet, I say "Grazie per Pizza",
that makes this planet ever so sweet and totally smiley!
(In Memory of My Uncle~ Peter Marchetti)
May 21, 2020
9:30am PST
Poem# 1,285
from a street
in Cartagena
stepping
suddenly
into a
restaurant
so Italian
surely i was
in a time warp
for i
i was still
in Colombia but
fooled by the food
so authentico
and even
the wine was
from Italy so
after paying
my bill
instead
of using
the usual
gracias i just
had to say
grazie
waitress
garcon
waiter
what
country am i
in to say no
more give
my wife
mi esposa
no vino
even if
she
asks for more
she doesn't
no gracias
from your
grazie so
s'il vous plait
or por favor no
nada nothing more
el cheque
die Prufung
thank you so much
domo arigatogozaimasu
she'll sleep
sleep it off and
never remember
that i was even there
with olive complexion
the Mexican army
walked off the set
to partake in
comida and
a sieste
but not frijoles
instead pass
the pasta
with grazie
and prego
needing more parmesan
in a café
in a city
of a country
who knows which
one she has picked
never seen
never been
but longing
to belong to what
she already belongs
linguistically
mixed up silly
Spanish
in Sicily
laughing
otra
to altro
but
vino
stays the same
vida
and vita
so close
for a toast
drink more
so that
cheers
becomes
from salud
to cin cin
drunken
slurs
of
gracias
to grazie
Psicologia
Grazie per psicologia, signor Wundt
Tu! Intelligente
The field opens our minds to make us realize so much
Manual boring tasks make no sense
Corps constantly talk about research
Bu they are full of false correlational fico matter
Psicologia helps us realize that the cubicle is annoiso
Without knowledge one cannot succeed
Grazie signor(dottore) Wundt
half asleep
half awake
I am looking
staring
at a an attractive
young women
on a print on my wall
of a famous painting
imagining the painter
Signor Leonardo
saying to Ms. Lisa
with a sensuous accent
come on
Monna
give me
a little smile
just a little more
a teeny bit more
aspetta
grazie
MIDNIGHT DATE AT HARRY'S -- June 1962
I know you're laughing.
Sittin there on that strait back chair
laughing laughing laughing.
Hey! Psssstttt....Maria....
you wanta see some dirty postcards?
Maria Mia when did you move to Italy?
What's it gonna be, he or me?
I seen you down to the market square
lookin like a five hundred lire lady shopping for
sweet potato(e)s.
Merci!
No, I mean Grazie!
I remember when we did Florence
Your mama was so hot they almost shut down Harrys.
Remember that big Madamoiselle
with herself spread all over the table?
Remember, huh? Remember?
She said she was French
but you sure pulled her cord quick didn't you?
She didn't even finish her gambretti cocktail!
And then that night
that night
it was the Pensione Piave
I know it was
dear me where does the time go.
your loving and devoted servant
Luigi.
ps:
are you still laughing? Ciao.
I want to say thank you
In some of the languages of the world
To all the soup members
For you have helped my heart to twirl
You've add bits of humor, rhythm, and definitely some rhyme
From writings on many topics when you have the time
Thank you (English)
Muchas gracias (Spanish)
Danke schoon (German) Suppose to have two dots on top of the schoon but I don't
know how to do that
Merci beaucoup (French)
Arigato gozaimasu (Japanese)
Grazie (Italian)
Topadh leibh (Scottish Gaelic)
Toda raba (Hebrew)
Mamnoon (Farsi (Persian))
Spasibo (Russian)
Liels paldies (Latvian)
Efharisto poli (Greek)
Toa chie or Xie Xie (Chinese)
Shukran gazilan (Arabic)
Obrigado (Portugese)
Mahalo nui loa (Hawaiian)
In a round about way this came from the internet. If any are wrong correct me . If
you can add some put it in the comments box. Everything we learn helps us to
grow.
something I found hidden in a painting....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SIC VOS NON " VOBIS "
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thus do ye,but not for yourself....
....used of person's by whose labor's
other's have unduly profited.........
The great thinker's and artist's past
have left messages
for a time to forever last
In hope that we will be able to understand......
[ " The Crucifixion " , Giovanni Donato Montorfano ]
....adjacent to Da Vinci's " Last Supper " in the church
Santa Maria delle Grazie........
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