Come rest with me <br />on the Ponte delle Tette <br />(here on the Bridge of Breasts) <br /> <br />where courtesans <br />attracted clients <br /> <br />by displaying <br />from overhanging windows <br /> <br />their...ah...assets! <br />Let it all hang out! <br /> <br />Go for it! <br /> <br />Lord Byron <br />is still swimming <br /> <br />up the Grande Canal <br /> <br />as if it were still <br />only 1818 <br /> <br />passing palina pole after <br />candy striped pole. <br /> <br />Sparrows & pigeons <br />seagulls & swallows <br /> <br />strut & flit <br />as if oblivious to Time <br /> <br />& the passing of it. <br /> <br />A Santa bored out of <br />his tiny little mind <br /> <br />glides by in a gondola <br /> <br />playing on his <br />little accordion <br /> <br />a selection of <br />Xmas tunes <br /> <br />to a trio of enthralled <br />Japanese tourists <br /> <br />Bricola poles <br />lean together like 3 drunken fools <br /> <br />lost in the mist <br />of times gone by & caigo fog. <br /> <br />Come love! <br />Let us love & laugh <br /> <br />here on this the Ponte <br />delle Tette <br /> <br />you breaking off <br />some good old Bastardo cheese <br /> <br />I devouring <br />(with obvious relish) <br /> <br />basi de dama <br />(Mmm....such lovely lady's kisses) <br /> <br />lingue de suocera <br />(Mmmm...Mother in Law's tongues) <br /> <br />biscuits prepared <br />to ancient tradition <br /> <br />made in <br />Heaven. <br /> <br />A bocolo <br />(a red red rose bud) <br /> <br />clasped to your breast <br /> <br />losing its head <br />in the process <br /> <br />as my lips <br />kiss your lips <br /> <br />as your lips <br />kiss my lips <br /> <br />kiss my lips <br /> <br />kiss...my...lips! <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />'They have tied the cockerels! ' which in Italian would merely be 'Hano begatto i galti! ' but in Venetian dialect turns into a bit of a tongue twister and so... <br /> <br />I GA IGÁ I GAI!<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-ga-ig-gai-they-have-tied-the-cockerels/
