Decaying beauty
Slowly drifting by
Viewed from a boat,
And what a boat!
A gondola
Being silently punted
Through the canals.
Whose varnish
Looks as deep and new
As the day it was applied.
Our friends
Are in the gondola ahead,
And as we come out
From under one of
Numerous bridges,
We catch sight of them
And the beautiful city beyond.
© Text Caro Ness 2016
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