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Hemingway\'s Hideaway

 

So I walked

almost choking on my own breathlessness  

tears just bursting onto my blushed cheeks

emotion I could not contain 

 

wearing my dark oversized sunglasses

was a blessing today 

not just because there was a magnificent sun

but because, I was crying, uncontrollably with joy

 

I was beside the Grand Canal

finally, in sight was the beautiful Bridge of Rialto  

divided into three stair cases 

an architectural miracle

marble that has defied the test of time itself

  

the sound of the seagulls

and to witness the atmosphere of pure love

to watch the gondola’s passing underneath it

other women, wearing oversized sunglasses

I imagine like me, they too were stunned?

 

now i’m on a taxi boat

speeding gently out onto the lagoon

sitting next to real venetian people

writing my words onto paper

so excited to see my next view

a glimpse of Hemingway’s hideaway

in the hope that some of his magic

may one day rub off onto me.