Sunday, April 17, 2011

Italian Delight

The Italian program in their Wonderland studio,
pristine white, coloured glass, everything bright,
dancers in elegant costumes, beautiful people
discussing a review of the past week’s events

The Italian survivor program, opera, interview
with a Second World War veteran, two nurses
behind computers receiving email messages
from the public regarding War questions

An Italian military dressed like the captain in
‘Allo ‘Allo, everyone talking animatedly, some
wiping tears away, weather forecast presented
by an announcer at a coloured glass table

The studio walls decorated with cathedral-like
windows, Baroque paintings and red, red doors,
opulent and glamorous - then you returned -
switched to the German channel where

Quiet voices on an even graph of swishing
sounds relay information in a calm, non-
emotional way…

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