Small Italian Town Embraces Wind Power
                                                                                     from the New York Times

                                                                                       by C.J. Opperthauser

 

                                                                             Brilliant stamps of innovation,

                                                                             squint-white, foot-stuck

                                                                             into Italian countryside. Rolling hills

                                                                             breach up toward them like desperate

                                                                             Mediterranean waves, a forever-passing glance

                                                                             at some tall movie star.

 

                                                                            Centuries and ten feet from the old churches

                                                                            and wine-stained bars, the giants spin. 

 

                                                                             In the sun-washed town below,

                                                                             a boy prays to God the clouds

                                                                             can miss the slices on their float up the mountain.