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ehh....what town in Italy is your family from?

toritto

toritto
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tampa bay metro, Florida,
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September 10
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I was born in year 4 of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius Claudius and raised on 66th Street and 13th Ave. in Brooklyn. And Coney Island, Traveled the world. Married my high school sweetheart and stayed together 40 years. Now a retired old widower crank living in Florida with my cat. Author of "Initial Verses" - a collection of poems on love, loss, poverty and war" and "Toritto's Blog - a Memoir of a life in posts."

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JULY 15, 2012 8:42AM

Dancing to Perfidia

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Hotel Torino - Massawa, Eritrea

 

Red Sea breeze and indigo sky

pierced by full moon hanging

like the Christmas lights

strung above the rooftop bar

 

Potted palm fronds barely moving

pretty young things different colors

chocamocha café latte

Italian band plays thirties favorites

 

Transported to another time

sitting now where dead men sat

hot breeze off eternal sea

they dreamed of home and Italy.

 

Il Duce’s portrait here no longer

Campari soda piacere

gone the dusty dream of glory

I’m dancing to Perfidia

 

Originally published in Fictionique - http://fictionique.com/?p=9390

 

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"Campari soda piacere..." years since I had that... one of my favorites.
jmac1949
July 15, 2012 10:38 AM