Best not to get too close,
Best not get too personal,
To the shadow on the wall.
So, from a distance,
I will admire
The shadow on the wall.
A known capo,
Whose raison d’etre
Is watchfulness,
The shadow on the wall.
Here to protect
A capo de capi dining inside,
The shadow on the wall.
© Caro Ness 2015
Photo: Robert Keil, La Palina Restaurant, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York.