Dripping Tap

First published in Gadfly, 1982, page 32 (where my last name was misspelled as “Welsh”).

Gambolling

Casino bound

Unable to escape

Shielding your fangs

Ace in hand

And two in the bush

Calling to the stars

And then to the sun

(and then to the stars)

(and then to the sun)

Saying

Eve, I love you

And loving someone else

And raising Cain

With an ace in hand

And two in the bush