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Francesco is a poor little Italian boy who has no shoes. One day, while gazing into to the window of the smartest shoe shop in town, he sees a beautiful young girl smiling back at him. This is Francesca, and he cannot forget her. Winter comes and with it, the Grand Carnival in Milan. Francesco dresses as a brigand with hand-me-down shoes that are too big for him. But in a bid to impress Francesca, he swaps costumes with a red velvet prince with matching red leather shoes.

Barbie Robinson is a Canberra, Australia-based arts advocate, artist, and poet whose practice encompasses writing, photography, design, event management, radio presentation/production, and arts marketing. That Looks on Tempests: Thoughts on the Nature of Love is her third solo work of poetry and the first to be published by For Pity Sake. The work is highly personal, created as part of Barbie’s "Gratitude Project" after a life-saving stem-cell transplant.