SHE WANTED MASTS AND NETS.
SHE WANTED WAVES AND SPRAY AT SUNRISE.
SHE WANTED A FISHERMAN TO CATCH AND BRING HOME HER DREAMS.
SHE WANTED TUNA AND SWORDFISH.
SHE WANTED BASS AND TARRAGON...
MACKEREL AND ROSEMARY.
SHE WANTED GARLANDS OF FLOWERS...
ROSES.
SHE WANTED ROSES.
SHE WANTED LAURELS AROUND HER LOVER'S HEAD.
SHE WANTED ITALY...
ESPECIALLY SICILY.
SHE WANTED TO LIVE IN A HUT NEAR THE SHORE
AND SEE THE COMINGS AND GOINGS OF HER FISHERMAN.
SHE WANTED TO GO TO A CHURCH TO PRAY AND LIGHT CANDLES FOR HIS SAFE RETURN WITH THE OTHERS.
SHE HAD THIS DREAM OF A FISHERMAN.
SHE WANTED TO MAKE LOVE WITH A FISHERMAN.
MAYBE A PHOENICIAN, A GREEK OR A CARTHAGINIAN.
SHE WANTED HIS BABIES AND TO SLEEP SOUNDLY WITH THEM EACH NIGHT.
SHE WOULD NOT SETTLE FOR LESS.
SHE WANTED SICILY..."FAIREST GARDEN OF THE MEDITERRANEAN."
SHE WANTED TO SEE THE BAY AT TAORMINA.
SHE WANTED ETNA'S ETERNAL FIRE IN HER VEINS.
SHE WANTED MASTS AND NETS.
SHE WANTED SUNRISES AND SPRAY.
SHE WANTED TUNA, SWORDFISH, ROSES, AND GARLANDS OF LAUREL.
SHE WAS GOING TO STAND BY HER DREAMS.
BERNARD HEMENSLEY
GOLDY HERMITAGE
21 / JANUARY / 2018
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