Good Government in the City

To be good 
in Lorenzetti’s view 
is to build a piazza 
more enticing 
than a bedroom 
To converse 
on horseback 
or at a table 
To flirt with 
the shoulder 
of a hill 
The mind is 
ecclesiastical 
It finds a place 
for every season 
It hammers 
on distant rooftops 
with a view of both 
the vineyards 
and the square