Mediterraneo
the fishermen
mending their nets
and sleeping
in the sunshine*
a nun hurries by
carrying a violet basket
a man clashes out
a squid's brains
on the dock
the creature's soul
flops its way
up to
a passing cloud
* The first four lines of the poem are from Jean Cocteau's essay, "On Haunted Houses" in his On The Difficulty of Being (London: Peter Owen, 1966), p.73.
