Leonardo da Vinci Airport

sleepless nights shrink

sifting through these unsettled 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 euphonious operatic sopranos sang

yesterday’s possibilities have fossilized

faded into smoke, unrecognizable,

EURO vibrancy now stands dazed, punchdrunk,

backhanded and slapped by social media revisionist deceit

here, feigned good will and best intentions remain all that matter.

oh time and love- please hurry and cure these tendaberry blues!

6/24/18