Leonardo de Vinci Airport
sleepless nights shrink
sifting through these glad hands
sand through an hourglass
between fingers of muted announcements
all protocol forgotten,
rhetoric croaking along
a cacophony of loudspeaker voices
leaking miserably from dumb robotic throats
where once sang euphonious operatic sopranos
sadly, yesterday’s possibilities have fossilized
faded into smoke, unrecognizable,
EURO vibrancy now stands dazed, punchdrunk,
backhanded and slapped by social media revisionist lies
good will and best intentions remain all that matter…
oh, time and love better hurry up and cure these tendaberry blues!
6/24/18