Oporto Suppertime

hold this lesson to your tongue,

filter this resin in and out-

when making love on a pillow

anyone’s first

nobody’s last

back to back

oporto suppertime

strings can snap

when yr hand remains a saguaro,

nobody’s good time desert meal,

don’t it make you nervous

pickin and strummin w/ somebody else’s money?

rumor is these friends of yrs are comin for dinner again,

you got an extra plate for my last meal?

did somebody get beaten to the draw?

if flowers only bend

never say a word

wish I were perennial

over there ontop this hill

three women doctors stitch and sew,

ontop another hill

the garbage man ignored our empties,

this oporto suppertime

it’s twenty minutes to ten

a few times before,

a couple more later,

dont’cha wish we’d pulled off something final?

1987