Birthday in Albuquerque

sketch pad forsaken

hot food's on the way

sharing tacos and salsa

mouths burning with delight

bugs cleaned out

rip ripping intestinal stove pipes

then later over an ice cream Sunday

Mexican sopapillas

harmonizin Dead songs

stretching Bogarted bones

Rico yelling for more beer

as the Sandia Mountains shine down

all the while

our constant companion

gratefully plastering

onto these hungry heads

8/6/73