PINOLO SAID.

A MAN AND WOMAN AND LOVE AND LIFE IN 1968

Pinolo said
he never came
back for me

why's that?
I asked

how do I know Johnny
he just never came back
I sat on the window ledge
for hours (we had one
of those old fashion
window ledges you
could sit on)

so that did you do?
I asked

I waited a while
then thought to myself
well he ain't
coming back
Pinolo best get
another man
but make sure
this time
he's going to stay

and did you you?
I asked

she smiled
well apart from you
Johnny no
she said

well there you go
sometimes you have
to wait for the right guy
to come along
I said

o Johnny you
are funny
do you mean you?  

no Honey I mean
sometimes you have
to wait for the right guy
to come along
until then you'll
have to put up with me

and she laughed
and I smiled
and said
come on
back to bed
my pecker's
getting lonely

so she left the window
and the moon and stars
and came back to bed

and we made love again
she dreaming after
and I listening
to the hard rain.

Author's Note

ART BY BOB HAFFERAN