avoided Rome not because of the hangover
but to save the best location for last.
After they spent half a day buying new
black and white films and visiting the
Termini station, Fausto casually proposed
to go and see the EUR. Abbreviation for
Esposizione Universale Roma, the after
the war newly completed exhibition grounds
of the in 1942 cancelled world's fair.
Among the long shadows, particularly one
was notable, the obelisk in the Piazza Marconi.
"Carved from Carrara marble, nota bene."
In the dark they drove home on the autostrada,
the expressway they had avoided until then.
"What now Fausto, still yawning"
"A habit Carlo, ever since dawning"
Moreover, they had no cranberry juice.
Like Onegin and Lensky got at the Larins.
"Could you take the wheel for a moment?"
Henk had already dozed off and only
woke up when Fausto at Carlo's house
in Massa got back behind the wheel.
