Back from Rainy Padua
to Sunny Venice, but…
Two nuns in white and black stand in the way.
I can’t see any reason why they should
Desire to block our boarding, yet they stay
To thwart our vaporetto stance. What could
Their purpose be? Their church has been the cause
Of blockage for a thousand years and more,
So maybe they are following its laws.
Scrovegni tried to settle up its score
Against his father with the building of
A chapel for the painter’s fresco to
Inspire the Virgin to show mercy’s love
To this one paying Purgatory’s due.
..Perhaps these nuns are just too much in gear
….With churches blocking men with holy fear.