THE HISTORY OF ROME IN FOUR PARTS: PART THREE
On a narrow sidewalk
dark blue songbird eyes
haired tousled perfectly
immaculate suit
he walks to me
– and this is not a dream
forces me
into the street
step aside
for him !
– these Roman men
think Mars
the sword of Mars
feet washed and cradled
in leather impeccable
from that shop in Trastevere
