A DAY IN VENICE

The canals
are ready
Mann is mutable
the primitives
are suitable
on the canvas
thinking the futurist
like Marinetti
were advanced
but a bit crazy
and Pound
has a weird sound
on Italian radio
now I'm hearing
"The Bald Soprano"
by Ionesco
I'm receiving
photos and letters from
Jewish and Spanish pals
who are refugees escaping
for Paris
not wanting to be
post wartime collateral
here in the foggy air
as I'm directing and playing
in the "Merchant of Venice"
of Shakespeare.