Lunch in Dorsoduro ...

I'm sitting at a table outside a simple eatery in the Rio Terra - 

I ordered tagliatelle from the severe waitress - 

A young black man went round the tables begging - 

You have money he said - 

Inside the eatery, languid bravos sipped expressos - 

Girls with long brown legs sashayed past, on their way to the Campo Santa Margherita - 

Cabbages were sold from a barge in the Rio San Barnaba - 

In the Academia, I saw paintings of beautiful martyrs - 

Pigeons scour the pale stones for crumbs - 

Church bells are ringing - 

12.00

Tuesday 18 August 2015

Rio Terra

Dorsoduro

Venice