"Girl Writing"
Giovanni Spertini (1821-1895)
marble sculpture, 1874
Careful lines, meaningful words
No document kept by a king
Could mean more
A testament, a love letter
To some Italian boy
A plea for clemency for
A revolutionary, Garibaldi
A letter to Giovanni Spertini,
Thank you, sir, your sculpture
Has captured my likeness
Forever more, grazie mille!
Such handwriting, the signature
Of one who is love writ large
Ragazza che scrive in capital
Words, "Dio, grazie mille!"
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Ron
PS I thought it was a photograph of the young lady, not her statue.