Their grounds abut a large colonial on Staten Island:
Five or six of them
Swaggering along verdant lawns,
Brick walkways, man-made ponds –
Such bravado. What pretty boys!
Pets of somebody, clearly.
They preen each...
Darius Parvizi-Wayne spent three weeks in lockdown at the end of his five month stay in Italy. Here he recalls the empty streets with a mixture of verse and visuals.