Paella

By: Charles Giuliano - Mar 21, 2023

 

Paella

Sunday in Barcelona
The Picasso Museum
Strolling side streets
Neighborhood café
Small and cozy
Flooded with light
No tourists in sight
We ordered paella
As did an old couple
Still bursting with
The young Picasso
Collection of Jaume Sabartes
His Catalan secretary
Paid with work
The early years
Els Quatre Gats
His friend
Carles Casagemas
Suicide in Paris
Our lively conversation
While they uttered
Not a single word
Ate in measured silence
Mannered dignity
A Frugal Repast
Blue Period
Red City
It was remarkable
We wondered if
Eventually after
Many years together
That would be us
Then is now
Yesterday
Astrid pulled down
Picasso Portraits
Thick MoMA catalogue
Talked with me
About Marie Therese
Blonde love child
Secret mistress
While married to Olga
Times passes slowly
Thirty years on
We come and go
Speaking of Picasso
Much yet to say
Each passing day
Since that remarkable
Sunday brunch
Paella in Barcelona