ROME TO NICE, BY TRAIN

I love the sky;

It makes me high!

It’s such a clear, bright blue;

There’s no clearer hue.

The mountain’s profile

Makes me smile

As it cuts its line

Above this railway line.

The round, green and red coastal bluffs

Against the Alps, so white and rough,

Give a texture never boring,

Contrasting man’s poor city offering.

Cy, 1986