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Part I
Indian spring
March
A sonnet about time and love
ОглавлениеA nudist beach in one-time
“Portuguese” Goa. A café by the ocean.
We order lobsters, glasses of fenny1
for inspiration. What a thing to happen!
Shrink-wrapped amenities exit
into memory for drying. Museums, statues,
cathedrals, cannons, buildings – no need
to travel to Lisbon. We are talking love.
Fresh air is saturated with bliss.
Naked Robert Browning and Elizabeth2—
his disabled obsession – take seats.
Exact copies! A poetical zigzag!
She, affectionate, inspires a sonnet.
It binds time and world-wide love.
1
Fenni – vodka made in Goa from apple juice and cashew nuts
2
Robert Browning – the English poet (1812—1889). His wife, Elizabeth Browning (1806 – 1861) dedicated to him “Sonnets from Portuguese,” which became world-famous
