Bagatelle
By: Charles Giuliano - Apr 16, 2022
Bagatelle
The quotidian
Ever more ponderous
Weight on our shoulders
Bears down
Even in Spring
Easter tomorrow
So many memories
Family gatherings
Casatta from Brooklyn
Tardo’s or Monteleone’s
Sicilian bakeries
Festive brunches
Essex County Club
With Jo and Mike
Coloring eggs
Fragrant lilies
A cruel world
Intrudes on us
War news in Ukraine
Senseless carnage
Ravages of age
Shooting in the ranks
Friends recovering
A thousand cuts
Day of resurrection
Glorious miracle
Earth reborn
Forsythia bursting
Along country roads
Awakening from
Long cold winter
Persephone
Returns from Hades
Flora her mother
Rejoices with blooms
Astrid sets the table
Flowers and candy
So different from
A year ago
Visited with tulips
Behind plexi
Rehab from surgery
Now home
With a ham
Enjoying frivolity
Cracking the ice
Weather is nice
Don't think twice
It's all right Ma
No reason
Just seasons