

So I picked up another of her books: The Almost Moon. Haven't started it yet--it just moves mysteriously around the house, propping open a door for a few days, stacked on a table for another spell of time...
*****

Good poems for hard times. Also for not-so-hard times. And for good times too. 'Nuff said.
The Love Cook
by Ron Padgett
Let me cook you some dinner
Sit down and take off your shoes
and socks and in fact the rest
of your clothes, have a daiquiri,
turn on some music and dance
around the house, inside and out,
it's night and the neighbors
are sleeping, those dolts, and
the stars are shining bright,
and I've got the burners lit
for you, you hungry thing.
*****by Ron Padgett
Let me cook you some dinner
Sit down and take off your shoes
and socks and in fact the rest
of your clothes, have a daiquiri,
turn on some music and dance
around the house, inside and out,
it's night and the neighbors
are sleeping, those dolts, and
the stars are shining bright,
and I've got the burners lit
for you, you hungry thing.

Needless to say, this book rests on the coffee table facedown when I'm not in need of an impetus to get on my sneaks and get outside.
*****




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