An Ode to Viareggio’s Fish Market
Viareggio’s famed fish market poetically inspires Jessica Kantak. Image by Caitlyn Dabbs.
At the market, there will be odors.
You smell the fish, you smell the motors.
The flavors in my nose remains strong and pungent
The fish in the crates, are beyond abundant.
Although the fish masked the morning air,
The squid and seafood, seemed quite rare.
The warm ocean breeze, thickened with salt.
Vivid colored fish caused a halt.
A sunrise like that will take away,
A breath that was meant, meant to stay.