spring in the square–
a child’s orange tricycle
scattering pigeons
gaining an hour . . .
I water the marigolds
one more time
crossing the bridge–
the shadow of a gull
I never see
“spring in the square” – tiny words (March 20, 2002)
“gaining an hour” – The Heron’s Nest (June 2001)
“crossing the bridge” – The Heron’s Nest (Sept. 2002)
potluck
suit, was quoted offering a classic criminal defense lawyer’s line, over the weekend.
This time, however, Versaci was playing the role of “a friend,” rather than the lawyer
of Schenectady city councilman Peter Della Ratta. The 32-year-old legislator is
accused of beating a 21-year-old man, Matthew Maioriello, last week — breaking his
nose, chipping a tooth and injuring his eyesocket — when he found Matthew in the
apartment of his [Della Ratta’s] former girlfriend. Peter owned the building in which the
apartment is located. He had fired Matthew from a construction job and evicted him
from the same building recently, after Matthew’s mother complained to housing officials
that Della Ratta was violating city codes by renting out an attic space to Matthew.
Here’s Romolo’s chivalrous and feisty defense of his friend Peter:
“No jury would convict him of a crime if he were ever prosecuted.
He was merely defending a lady’s honor.”
The lady in question has not yet been quoted publically, but I shall keep you
posted.
By the way, criminal law experts: Is it a little fishy that the D.A. himself
made the call on charging Della Ratta (they’re both Democrats), and he
decided that the injury suffered by Maioriello was not serious enough to
be second-degree assault (a felony), so Peter is charged with misdemeanor,
third-degree assault?
Two lines from “Man Smart, Woman Smarter,” the classic song by Norman
Span (a/k/a King Radio) [recorded by Harry Belafonte (1956) , Robert Palmer
(1976), Rosanne Cash (1979), and C.J. Chenier (1995)], sum up this Baby
Boomer’s feelings on a lovely spring day — and they even look like a haiku. The
scene: an old man finds a little boy in tears on a park bench:
“I can’t do
what the big boys do” —
Old man sat down, he cried too
Schenectady’s
A heap of wheat, says the Song of Songs
but I’ve never seen wheat in a pile :)
did you like it?
Comment by Peter Jackson — July 23, 2005 @ 5:14 pm
A heap of wheat, says the Song of Songs
but I’ve never seen wheat in a pile :)
did you like it?
Comment by Peter Jackson — July 23, 2005 @ 5:14 pm
Nice one, but what about der weg ? anywya, congrats from me.
Comment by Richard Davis — July 24, 2005 @ 6:31 pm
Nice one, but what about der weg ? anywya, congrats from me.
Comment by Richard Davis — July 24, 2005 @ 6:31 pm