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At the Villa dei Pini

Palm and pine
cypress, olive and vine
these
transparencies
noted, combine.

Villas that climb
and from their hill divine
on a clear day
a white ship
high on the wire of
the horizon line.

A train
a train again
through the hole in the hill
a gull afloat
white on blue
and at noon
white wine.

Palm and pine
cypress, olive and vine . . .

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