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