THE PETRARCH PROJECT


DAVID BROMIGE & RICHARD DENNER



     

CANTO 62




Rapid fire from the orchestra pit.
Rodents of introspection fight over my name.
Night and day in dizzying assent
Over-amor me, but only by natural means.

Wait & see. Come in & see. Neither course
Looks friendly, neither deckchairs in the 								noise,
Nor praying when they rip. Drift to the sea 
If go you must, the green weed sings a serene
							sarong.
The ivy of our lives has a sweet tone.
That's a moment; the carnival consists of							stanzas.
We read Adorno while the fuschia bloomed.

Basically, when you trod on my neck,
I admired your foot and kissed it, while 


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The last line of this sonnet, so nearly completed. was erased by a lightning strike.