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Antonioni died yesterday—Jeanne Moreau walks around Milanalone, her footfalls incessant,her shoulders like the moonat yellow dusk.If I must mourn an ending,I want to glowlike Jeanne Mo… Read More

Post under constructionA line of tourists dropped one by one onto the sidewalk from the high steps of a bus. They hardly touched solid ground before checking their camera settings. Viewfinde… Read More

Post under construction[In the next episode, Elena eats a mysterious breakfast.] Read More

Post under constructionNon perche non perche non perche. Now the words bounced around her own footsteps. She paced the wall several times. By now, surely, Luigi was far below, cursing at the… Read More

almost served in Menu Turistica, episode V5 cups vegetable, chicken, or beef stock1/2 cup white wine4 tablespoons unsalted butter2 tablespoons olive oil1 onion1-1/2 cup arborio rice1-2 teasp… Read More

Mopeds swarmed the streets, buzzing up and around Massimo #2's Volvo. Massimo #2 steered through them, like a kayak through rapids—one hand on the wheel, the other gesturing as he told… Read More

Now that it is raining,and the Atlantic is far away—Remember the graffiti?And the construction?And how the azulejos,had fallen from broken facades?Remember those pastries—was it… Read More

served in Menu Turistica, Episode II1 ounce sweet vermouth 1 ounce dry vermouth 1 ounce Campari 1 ounce sodaServe over ice in a highball glass. Garnish with a twist of lemon or orange Read More

After a reasonable sleep in a neat and unassuming pensione and a breakfast of hard roll and jam plus tea, Elena stepped into the crisp Florentine morning. On her way out the door, she nearly… Read More

(for Bridget and Jesse)Direction, it so happens, is a turn-away place not-to-stand.Pray, where do suns roll over oceans themselves?Arms, winged with Buckminster Fuller,fly the Earth, rollin… Read More

Three rooms hold five pieces of furniture including a cardboard box bedside table lamp and martini pitcher filled with dying roses. In the fourth room scattered on the floor a mattress, two… Read More

served in Menu Turistica, Episode I1 pound tripe, thoroughly washed and cut into long 1/2 inch strips3/4 pound tomatoes, about 1-1/2 cups, skinned, seeded, and chopped1/2 medium onion or 2 s… Read More

On the matter of eating alone: a single woman peering into the interior of a restaurant creates an odd set of anxieties. A couple or a group in the process of evaluating a potential dining e… Read More

I. The CauseDuomos crumble onland unsatisfied. Stomachgrumbling. Craving veal.II. Fragment in a Museum CaseCherub’s face. Giotto’sfresco wrecked. Fragments displayedfor travellin… Read More

The poem unrolls to a grimy-gray, gossamer-lined, finger-printed, criss-crossed blueprint. The builder deconstructs it on the vacant lot.As a playwright’s stage direction leaves space… Read More