Maps of Venice
Words & Music by Louise Taylor
Words edited from a few short stories found in:
"Love Affair, A Venetian Journal" by Wright Morris
© 2003 Louise Taylor/Blue Coyote (BMI)
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
to feel the sun on your face little one
Luigi sells beads and scarves
earrings and money clips, postcards, maps of Venice
his radiant optimism
born of a long accustomed desperation
enjoy life
to feel the sun on your face little one, bellisimo
Luigi spreads his hands, spiritual in its effect
in the manner of a man invoking rain
it's the muscles of the eyes he claims
that we exercise today
not the legs
to feel the sun on your face little one, that's enough
Luigi sells beads and scarves
earrings and money clips
postcards
maps of Venice
