The Italians of Italy. By Nicole Teller

I compulsion them to smile at me. Those nonnas whom I recidivate on sidewalks. They are everywhere, wearing babushkas and black podiatric shoes, carrying groceries. I peek by dint of their plastic bags-- vino sancto, castagne, filetti di acciughe. Hmmm....Intriguing. And their shoes, how do they have such piddling feet? I am captivated by this population of Italians. They discourse many stories without plain opening their mouths. ButI want them to. I want them to know that I notice. I want them to smile back.

Im use to smiling at old people when we pass ace an otherwise on the street. In fact,I seek this out. But when I got to Italy-- people dont do this. They dont smile at each other on sidewalks. Or--am I missing almostthing? Maybe they dont see me. Maybethey are turned off by my blue jeans and height. I essential be twice as tall as some of those nonnas. Maybe to them I am a terrifying, mythological amazon. An Amazon fromAmerica! Where they have no gun control and an idiot president.

Mama mia!

I puree to put myself in the imaginations of old ladies as I pass them on the sidewalks. Maybe if I can understand them, they forget see me. But what if they think itsbrazen for me to smile! What if it is rude to waitress directly into the eyes of elders?

Oh, mio Dio!

But, every once and awhile, she smiles back, a nonna as I pass her. At first she was surprised that I smiled. But no, I wouldnt say that she was displeased. And shereturns the smile. Her face lights up, sometimes even revealing a less than complete set of teeth. upright of character and originality, she is a truly beautiful sight. Surely asbeautiful as any painting I studied in artistic production history that...

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