*****

Recorded Reading (1:00): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qchzzcgmp05vqbm5lajoi/By-Dessert.mp3?rlkey=6k4hvxi0n019v20dum69atx7u&dl=0

*****

By Dessert

In relation’s happy hour
Likenesses all come to flow’r

By th’ aperitif we know
Better how that team will go

Along, du jour, avec le soup,
Determine how it fits the group

With evaluative salad
Double check that it be valid

So that by the antipasto
Onerous it will not grow

Thus no interface need force
When it comes to its main course

Afterward, before the cheese
And fruit appear the palate please

Prior, if we so prefer,
To our culminating liqueur

Having listened clearly first
To each others’ best and worst

Small betrayals with will flirt
As each ingests our just dessert

*****

This poet presently lives at a fraction of her nation’s poverty level.

Arts patrons may visit http://www.UgiftABLE.com , using code #72D-31S, or choose to donate by personal check. It will take about two weeks for the poet to be notified of your patronage.

Thank you for supporting quality in the fine arts