New Arrivals in Cortina d’Ampezzo

strings plucking
aristocratic pilgrimage
fine sets of hammers
like portions of wine
spilling guts for bare hens

brown Water Pipits
running down the Alps
like soldiers from a train
romance of funds
a dozen Dylans at once

these chapped new arrivals
going home, petty
architectural moons
lockable rooms, lighting
council fires dim

wolfberry marketplace
nighttime shoulders
Jim Croce on vinyl
with stubborn fruits
on morning doorsteps