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Rome by Michael Tartàglia, © 2001 |
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The rolling green hills, Beautiful countrysides, Wonderful Italian foods, green spring blossoms - View One Gag. I'll take the city. I'm patient in traffic. I'll enjoy seing birds (All being flipped at me). Sentient, cultured. Skateboards thrashing. In the 'burbs grows Popular grass. Ordinary hills, Poems with colour: unoriginal, And still given names! View Two Its sprawling suburbs, Endless traffic jams [Genuine culture shocks] And potholed roads Rural to urban life Picnic to power lunch Bikes to Vespas Gold roads and chains Nature versus nation Creator versus creation A non-resolving conflict Between reality and desire So what I say is Stick your nose up Smell the spring air Don't leave your nose there |
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