...strikes seven the bronze bell
Of Sant’Antonio’s church
Il Cavalier d’Arpino
At dinner, just between the wedding guests.
The bride brought on the chair, like a queen bee,
From end to end of the marble room.
Much later, the peacocks’ cry at dawn,
As through Thyrrhenian storms,
Sirens who tortured the glorious Ulisse’s heard...

Drawn to “I capelli di Arianna” Ioan Flora (Libro di pietra 2004)