paste this lesson to your tongue,
filter this resin in then out-
when making love on a pillow
anyone’s first
nobody’s last
back to back works
when practicing oporto suppertime
strings may snap
if hands imitate a saguaro,
no good time desert meal
don’t it make you nervous
pickin and strummin w/ somebody else’s money?
rumor is these friends of yrs freeloadin a dinner again,
got an extra plate for my last meal?
somebody got beaten to the draw
if flowers only bend
never say a word
wish I were perennial
there ontop that hill
and there three women doctors stitch and sew,
while ontop another hill
the garbage man again ignored our empties
for our next oporto suppertime
let’s make it twenty minutes to ten
a few times before,
maybe a couple more later:
dont’cha wish we could
pull off something final?
Tucson, ‘87