our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/ "ODE to ROY."

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/ "Ode to Roy."


BEETHOVEN -above Napoleon. Ovid; Caesar Augustus. Dante or Shakespeare; their kings, queens... in the SHADE? And Plato; any advice?
Whole bloody Nations "doin' da Right thang", and within, AWARD Ceremonies of infantile vanity - up da WAZEE - thanking each other...for WHAT?
-A forgettable $50 million movie?
-The latest vulgar opulence?
The latest fiscal outrage?
The latest Political flatulence? The latest WAR? -with Priests, Rabbis, Imams, Buddha's, JU-JU men ALL on-board for one side or another, the one's hoarding the Gold?
Goodness, apparently, is relative Poverty. It begets Sharing.
Question: Who SINGS in their toil, anymore? On their way to work? In vineyards, on the FIAT Car production line; dang! -even on a CHAIN-GANG!?
Try THAT shit in the "Office"? -you'll be out on your Ear!

I ran into ROY the other day, in Cremona-Italy, where they STILL  try to create/capture the magic of STRADIVARIUS. He was (Roy) traditionally broke (no money), playing "fiddle" for peanuts on the piazza by the basilica.
I had 30 euro es. I took him to lunch: 2 paninis and a bottle of Valpolicella/plastic cups.
After lunch, he wobbled back to work.
No-one will remember ME, but ROY? -he might just make it...:)


c 2015/davedelacroix/lord borgo/our man in Europe/Cremona-Italy.