We left Mantua
And Padova
And made Verona
With a window looking out
On northern Italian bricks and sunlight
And Rotting roofs
The bed horrendous!
We sunk into the center laughing
I went to use the wc and walked into a family's apartment
Grandmother and daughter, cousins, and boys caught fighting, uncle holding a bottle grinning, their faces like a painting
Pierro Della Francesca
They were surprised and they laughed.
My startled drunken expression
"NEXT! Next ...door!"