BELLINI ~ THE VILLAGE BY THE LAKE
I REMEMBER WELL ~ The Village by the Lake
Went there in the 30\'s ~ I was only eight
I know it was in ITALY ~ called BELLINI
But we never went again ~ War sealed our fate
My DAD went in the ARMY ~ but He never came back
My MUM tried hard to raise us in our lonely shack
Alas without my DAD ~ she died of grief one day
So very sad to say ~ She just faded away
We had a painting of BELLINI ~ and I told my Kids
The nicest place nicest place I\'d ever seeny
So one year in the 60\'s ~ instead of SPAIN
I decided to see BELLINI ~ once again !
My wife & Kids were so excited
As for me ~ I was delighted
We booked a Plane to ROME
And planned to drive ~ to my Childhood Home
I bought a map the biggest I could find
BUT NO BELLINI ~ was I going blind ?
I asked at AIR ITALLIA ~ The Man said with a frown
BELLINI don\'t exist MAN ~ it\'s a FANTASTORIC TOWN !
I showed him my PAINTING and he said
Zat Village has been painted from inside ze artists \'ed
Did I really go there ~ was it a Childhood Dream
NO COS I still can taste ~ Italian Ice Cream !
Thanks for visiting ~ This is my SPOOKY CONTRIBUTION
to HALLOWEEN ! Comments welcome ~ Love BRIAN🧡🧡🧡🧡
Have you ever been to visit somewhere which no longer
exists ? Near to where I lived (In Liverpool) was a very
Spooky Woods where we played Cowboys & Indians and
later learned the Facts of Life ! When we visited Liverpool
~ last year it had been replaced by an ALDI ! Who should
be on the checkout (right where our DEN used to be !) but
BIG BERTHA (now 36) our F O L Tutor. ANGELA was amused
later when I told her why we had given each other such a big
HUG & KISS. She thought it was one of my 34 Liverpool Cousins !