Leonardo da Vinci Airport

another sleepless night shrinks

sifting through my unsettled eyes,

sand through an hourglass

between muted airport announcements,

all protocol forgotten,

rhetoric croaking along,

this cacophony of loudspeaker voices

leaking miserably from dumb robotic throats,

where once euphonious operatic sopranos sang La Boheme  

yesterday’s possibilities now fossilized

faded into smog, unrecognizable,

and EURO vibrancy now stoops dazed, punchdrunk,

backhanded and slapped with

social media revisionist deceit

here, feigned good will and misplaced best intentions remain.

oh time and love: please scurry on down 

soothe these Italia tendaberry blues!

6/24/18