9:00

 

9:00 and it isn't right

            Passions mixed with Victorian fright

            Clammy palms painting steamy windows

Where has all the romance gone?

            Danielle Steele sequestered Camelot

            Peach chapstick and crusty flautas

Icy fingers with penguin tingles

            Calico bits of flesh and cotton

            Bad jokes with Kaiser William

Raging heat and badly placed feet

            Last night's integrals on mind

            Crisp voices devoid of reality

Not going to happen, not tonight

            James II, the wet Frito, might compare

            Failure, but no despair

Awkward exchange of minty breath

            Almost home in bed with Keats

            Not interested in any repeats.