Jagged things

welcome says the station
Benvenuti 
so many couples kissing 
on the border on the railway 
beach thin on the Adriatico
orchard plain steep terrain
Saddam says a factory 
Fool says a wall
jagged things persist 

Adriana starts the days correctly
sweet-breads fruit strong coffee
lily flowers hum 
float surrounded
lizard green frog water snake 
day-sleep threads
coloured stories fragment 
sink and glint
jagged things persist

bullfrog reeds olive trees
 corn mown hill soft hay
cooling clouding
thunder rumble slides
sad wind beside 
branches spread 
wrap wide embrace 
trunk gnarled
hold and sigh
jagged things persist 

Verdicchio dei castelli
in cheap litres 
storm draped restaurant 
encased - escape down 
dripping vineyards 
clay clogged sandals 
road run silver 
soft mud slides
stone grips hides
Jagged things persist