Eddie Arana, Rick Thibodeau, & Chris Bakunas San Diego, Ca. March 2012

Eddie Arana, Rick Thibodeau, & Chris Bakunas San Diego, Ca. March 2012
Eddie Arana, Rick Thibodeau, & Chris Bakunas at Luche Libre Taco Shop in San Diego, March 2012

Friday, September 7, 2012

Dante Was Goofy For Beatrice

       Everytime I see one of these all I can think about is William Holden and Kim Novak


                     Poor ol' Dante Alighieri
                         Italian genius poet
                           At the age of 9
                             He lost his heart
To an 8-year-old daughter of a banker
                                 He hid his passion
                                       From every prying eye
                                          Lest his lust be revealed
             He waited until he was 18 to hear her say hello
                    Overcome with happiness at this
He fled to his room
                    Falling asleep and into a dream
                      Of a lord afire 
holding in his arms
       The object of his desire 
                    The poet's heart aflame in hand
                Upon which Beatrice did dine
Did he see her as salvation?
                          A means by which he could aspire
           To the purest, the loftiest
Beatitudes of all beatitudes
Maybe it was much simpler
                               Could it be she was just a first crush
                           That unrequited 
           Became an obsession?


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