Bernard the Mediatrix

Captain Dapelo swam
to Old Woman's Rock
when the 701 ton barque
the Bernardo had slammed
onto Annett's currmingly skurff
where he was rescued
by the islanders of St. Agnes
all crew but captain were lost
and he could only chatter
neptuno mi capisce! nessuno!
as the healthy young nurses whisked away
his pantaloni della tempesta
so that his merry lingo swam
to tea to curry lamb to blankets
in among the sailors and nurses
and he felt a presence there
in the silent spirit of his own
repressed weeping how could
none of them have known
(who best among the gods could swim?)
non c'erano nuotatori nella mia barca?
and he reached out for the pint
in the pint of the din in the den
and he cried, Sopravvivo!

(life's opera)

all things pass through
abundant sunshine
and every sign
is a door
to every other sign
here the seal of abandonment
was a seal
a mammal with fins in the sea
wearing a halo
a heavy clunky solid gold halo
with jewels
but which somehow floated
as it barked and honked and played
in the silly foam

la grazia è il suo unico dogma
perché la grazia è la stupidità

and beauty the mortar


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