Tomorrow, no doubt, more of us will come
from the Midwest for favorable exchange rates,
the ruins and the partial restorations
of romance; we'll believe without question
and so run no risk from the church.
But there's a new inquisition here,
sectarian as the old--it takes us away
from lunch under bright umbrellas
and unsettles conversation over drinks
along the Via Veneto; this red brigade
would kneecap half the globe to get
their way. So maybe it's as you say--
after all there is no real evidence