Correggio in Parma

Let There Be Light

By: Charles Giuliano - Jan 06, 2015

Correggio in Parma

Kress Foundation Grant
Summer in Italy
Sponsor Professor Binion’s
Only request
Parma to see
Dome by Correggio
Reasons why things don’t work
Domani, tomorrow
Ciuso, closed
Festa, holiday
Sciopero, strike
Arriving to all of the above
Ghost town
Slammed shut
Found the church
Looked up at the dome
Dark as a coal mine
Spotted the coin box
Cento lire
No moneta
Scarce that summer
Pockets empty
Sitting alone dejected
Tourists entered
Looked up
Harry give me a hundred lire coin
Miracolo
Let there be light
Three glorious minutes
Priest arrived tending to the altar
Scusi padre
Si si mon filio
Correggio e importante non e vero?
Ah, si si mon filio
Molto molto importante
Ma il cupola e scuro, perchè?
Curtains over the windows
Ma non capisce mon filio
Iffa you no cover the windows
You no gettah the cento lire
God is love
For a price
Italia