Saturday, January 5, 2008

No room of their own

The lion of Saint Mark, symbol of the Venetian Republic, is keeping watch in Piazza Signori.

In the quiet of Piazza Signori (sometimes called Piazza Dante because of the statue to honor the poet), a couple without a room are oblivious to passersby and long lenses. Young people in Italy live at home with Mama for so long, that sometimes they just have to take their moments where they can.

Dante in exile.
Sometimes a woman just has to take action.

Does she cry that her passion is unfulfilled?

Or is the stonecold marble just too much?

This is Italy.

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