I Don't Usually Write Poems

in the afternoon

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.