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M I D S U M M E R NIGHT IN VENICE What's the use of a Midsummer Night's Dream without trampolines? A diffuse, undirected aroma wafts through Venice tonight. Perhaps the gods have not abandoned these cathedral vaults. The bells ring on time. Eternal time. Now. Dreams surpassingexplanations. All—bottomless— for the same reasons. "There is no falling here ..." I have this sense that I am surrounded by people falling in love with each other again, familiars finding new qualities to marvel at— as if they hadn't allowed their gaze to light on their chosen mates for centuries. Not years? No, millennia. Shadows in the dream green light. Canal-ripple. Who did thelightning? My legs and feet can't keep pace with my desires. Don't be ashamed. The water's there to foster illusions. 163 ...

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