Tiberius
was no longer
interested
he fled
to the beautiful isle
the gem
the jewel
in the sea
Tycho Brahe
lost his nose
in a duel
the astronomer
saw
a nova stella
and wrote it down
some said his artificial nose
was gold
others silver
but
when they exhumed him
they found traces
of brass
no matter
we didn't go to the blue grotto
that day
she was
a bit too persistent
instead we
hiked (or did we take a trolley?) to the church
on the mountain top
we had lunch
in the back
and nearly
got shot
by a pheasant hunter
he ran off with the bird
under his arm
unharmed
in the water
I found
smooth stones
but not stones-
pieces of glazed ceramic
worn smooth
and rounded
by the sea
