I don’t usually write poems
in the afternoon just mornings
and evenings because poems
don’t seem to be afternoon occurrences
but today because it’s Peter’s birthday
and we are going to eat
a Spanish potato omelet
like Penelope Cruz made in
Almodovar’s new film and because
I ate a Spanish potato omelet
on my 21st birthday
in Barcelona and because the farmer’s market
is today and if I don’t go in the morning
She Wolf bread is sold out
and so are scallops so even though
it’s nearly 1 o’clock
not a good time for poems
maybe today will be an exception.
Because reading poems is easier than writing poems, any time will do...to read a poem.
Many Happy, Healthy Returns, Peter!