Poems are often early
mornings or late at night
but rarely in the afternoons
although there have been some
happy hour poems,
especially at Harvest Kitchen
where Igor at the door
says hello to everyone
explains how happy hour
has no rules except for
mezcal marguerites plentiful
and cheap and Don
at the bar he was once
an Orthodox Jew, says now
he is Semi-Orthodox
same as Semi-Sweet
Don does not eat calamari
he makes a religious exception
for Harvest Kitchen shrimp
his god likes shrimp says Don
and no one at Harvest Kitchen
happy hour poem disagrees.