WINTER ' FOURTEEN
Venus Still Shines Even After Fifty Years
by John C. Mannone
The silent elevator lifts the silver-covered plates—fillet mignon and lobster—from
the highrise kitchen to our private table on the loggia overlooking the hollow of the
valley. Her eyes sparkle candle-flickers. Moonlight fills our wine goblets while cello
notes float above burgandy mountains, carressing night, the soft sex under a bowl
of stars.
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The Linnet's Wings