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Giuseppe and Michelina (Cervo) Campopiano lounging in<br />

their backyard in Norristown, Pennsylvania.<br />

Speaking with Michelina through<br />

gestures and emotions,<br />

I recall being led to the 5 foot cellar<br />

to the homemade wine and cured vegetables.<br />

The vividity of the olive carpet<br />

lingers on my corneas.<br />

A bar of orange Dial soap, its scent<br />

brings me back to a snare drum<br />

and a cold cement floor.<br />

My knowledge of Giuseppe is restricted to<br />

this photograph and others like it.

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