Photo "Heart of Philadelphia" Copyright © Paolo Campisi, Sicilian Family Productions,
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Washington Square
For Philadelphia, the city of my birth
Birds and trees, the open sky,
like paintings filling empty eyes.
Sound and songs of open streets,
how all of the women smell so sweet.
The sounds of church bells through the air,
it turns to wind, runs through my hair.
Reflections here, yet all around,
the things today that I have found.
All these images fill my mind,
alone today as I unwind.
P. J. Campise
Written in Washington Square Phildelaia
1974
