Sherbourne Morning
Sherbourne Morning
Original Text
Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, The Tough Romance (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1979): 62. PS 8557 I35T68 Robarts Library
2smoking a bit of July, waiting for the early
3bottle; the large tears of the passers-by, wrapped
4in white cotton, the world bandaged at 7 AM;
5 when the day goes old, they lean over
6and nod into their arms, lovers, one-time carriers
7of their separate hearts; their wives, their children
8are glass partitions through which they see themselves
9crying. Love them, or better yet, imagine a world
10without a footstool for the creased and lame; imagine how that
11sun above them spins halos for angels gone berzerk.
Notes
1] Sherbourne: a somewhat run-down north-south street in downtown Toronto's business district. Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1979
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
2003
Rhyme
Special Copyright
Copyright Pier Giorgio Di Cicco 1979