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[Ali zonak]

Travel Notes
Venezia

Past midnight in a cheap hotel room.
Some night owl plays his mandolin;
endless stops and starts of elevators,
two drunks return late from the bar.

Where is my restful sans souci,
the grotto that gleams in sapphire’s
royal blue as I attempt to submerge
myself in Capri dreams?

I close my eyes, imagine stars beneath
Heaven’s girth and listen to Puccini’s aria
“Nessum Dorma,” ‘Tonight no one must sleep,”
to drown out the elevators’ humming.

I try to ignore the pounding of a neighbor’s
headboard against the wall that divides our rooms.
Finally, his door opens and shuts--
I hear the giggling of la puttana as she leaves.
Then, sleep’s trance. In the morn, Capri.

[JustDaniel]

Hey, Ali...

I've never travelled overseas, at least yet, and since Eileen doesn't like to fly, perhaps we never will. I'm not sure that I'd like spending that night in your particular choice of a hotel room in Venice, especially with la puttana next door. Are you merely dreaming of being in Capri, or are you expecting to head there in the morning? The "In the morn, Capri." seems a little strange, since no matter how you go, bus or train and ferry, or airplane and airfoil, you're not going to be about 450 miles away until some time in late afternoon or evening.

deLighting in your sharing, Daniel

[Ali zonak]

Hey, Ali...

I've never travelled overseas, at least yet, and since Eileen doesn't like to fly, perhaps we never will. I'm not sure that I'd like spending that night in your particular choice of a hotel room in Venice, especially with la puttana next door. Are you merely dreaming of being in Capri, or are you expecting to head there in the morning? The "In the morn, Capri." seems a little strange, since no matter how you go, bus or train and ferry, or airplane and airfoil, you're not going to be about 450 miles away until some time in late afternoon or evening.

deLighting in your sharing, Daniel

Hi Daniel;
one can't always look for accuracy in a write; I was leaving for Capri in the morn. You are quite right, although the distance would be approx. 350 miles by eagle, waiting for connections does run into extra time. Thanks, Ali