Testimonial
So much of me remains
in Spain, strolling
the Rambla de Catalunya, mind reelingfrom Gaudi's La Pedrera
—soaring brick arches
in the atticsupporting the world, extra-
terrestrial shapes
on the roof testifying
to Barcelona.My California house has nothing
of Gaudi's eye-catching flourishes,
but inside me
he now lives, subvertingstraight lines, erecting byzantine
structures.
- Lily Iona MacKenzie