VERONA'S HOUSE OF PAIN...

Verona: The House of Pain

Severe, it rose from the pink limestone footpath-

A shuttered door, plain,

Gruesome with age, neglected, stained

And graffiti sprayed across its stern, dull facade;

Dark, hunched over that unwelcoming portico,

A decorated arch enthralled,

For SHE glowered, her visage appalled

And the toothless hag spat

At passers-by her spiteful tirade…

Pete Ray

June 2017

A strange building near the Piazza Erbe in Verona.

One evening, the door was open and as can be seen below, the courtyard was decent enough but the gateway and especially the decorative arch were both quite grim and the hag’s face on the right side drew my attention…