The Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog

Paw on Your Lap

62 Paw on Your Lap Remember the funniest place we ever made love a pair of economy seats on an overnight to London we imagined nobody noticed . . . how hilarious what a thing to remember for fifty years said the old woman Poured upward I’m a slender jade-green tube whose tip is swollen and delicate . . . although I am half asleep barely a bud let the wind touch me tenderly with its tongue said the tulip Under the table my nose nudges your shoe toss the ball I return it increasingly moist walk in the door I admire your crotch confess your species too craves touch . . . paw on your lap said the dog ...