sleepy
 headed
     iceberg skies
   brilliant
 dissertation
of the probable causes
  the steam from the coffee
  the sideways glance
  the gallery with metal butterflies
  "We flew to Amsterdam together in the mid-eighties"
still the chocolate
was good
we didn't look back
  and now it's all about Italy
god help me
  we saw the Giottos
in the Cappella degli Scrovegni
  Leonardo cartoon in a dark room 
in the Uffizi
  Saint Anne
which one 
pointing to heaven
 "due capuchi!"
slam the cup down 
on the bar 
  and they are out
 passport stolen on a bus 
in Napoli
  lovely pizza ovens though
just wanted to get to the train station
  ripped off at the bank trying 
to get reimbursed for 
travelers checks 
   remember those?
then off to Nice 
  train stopped at the border 
  workers strike again 
two hour? 
"Je ne sais pas"
bused to Monaco 
  Bonco! 
 saw James Bond
in my mind's eye 
 straight to Paris after that
already went to Cezannes atelier in Aix-en-Provence
  now surrounded by suburbs
 cold in Paris 
African men selling 
  wind up birds
 dirty hotel 
strong coffee 
  and delicious croissants
Good bye continent from
Le Havre 
off to London