THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

Bring me the sweat of Gabriela Sabatini

For I know it tastes as pure as Malvern water,

Though laced with bright bubbles like the aqua minerale

That melted the kidney stones of Michelangelo

As sunlight the snow in spring.

Clive James, “Bring me the Sweat of Gabriela Sabatini” (1-5), clivejames.com