Our Venetian Mirror My host began by lecturing About Murano glass and art, The trick of using bronze and gold To throw an image back More splendid than the one Received I hastened home and Giddy with my purchase propped The prize beside our bed Supposing what would work for one Could work for two Instead the night wore on And all I saw was Merely a lagoon ________________________________________________________________________ Emanuel E. García, A Deeper Symmetry, 2014 |