The Man in Thought

White castles
Set the scene in Vienna, Rome
Tripoli - countryside cities.
Restaurants in the shade.

Men in shade
With white straw hats, the sun curve
Of the day, and buzzing of motors on
Rocky cobblestone.

Family visits an old man here.
A hearty dinner, the sun a shine on the glass.

She says tell
us something
Like you used to.
The boys poke the ground,
Fiddle with the earth,
Before he sighs.
Sighs, speaks:

Columns Contract,
The dirge splits, spoken

Ramparts, assailed corridors.
Degraded anarchs in the veins.
I hear Fire.
Random chaos in
The voi- voi- Void.

And the entry read:
'Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate!'
Abandon all hope, ye who enter!




The stun is complete. Boys caught moving
Sag to immobility.

She asks why? How?
And he repeats numbly:
Abandon all hope, ye who enter!