On the cool shady side of the lake
is a house with a unique architectural feature.
Situated on a high narrow ledge
with its back against a vertical wooded cliff -
the Villa dell’Orsata.
The two wings of this house are joined
by an open arcaded loggia
against the back wall of which
a diverted mountain stream pours down
over carved stonework and brick.
Tremulous with moss and ferns
gushing out again
on the other side beneath a stone balustrade
splashing in to the lake far below.
The bare, empty vaulted rooms
all reverberate with this torrent
the whole house saturated with its green coolness and spray
and the caretakers are not allowed to leave
they’re sworn to secrecy
but hints have leaked out about
what lumbers in on hot Summer days to keep cool.
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