TALK OF ART 1972

A MAN AND WOMAN AND TALK OF ART AND THINKING OF SEX 1972

Abela
talks of art
what to buy

for the shop
once we're back
from our hot

holiday
in the sun
need new stuff

freshly done
not old crap
that won't sell

that Dutch guy
who brings in
those oils

they are good
I watch her
sitting there

in the chair
with a French
cigarette

between her
thin fingers
her legs crossed

but they weren't
crossed last night
in the bed

they were spread
like wide wings
of a wild

singing bird
I nested
in the nest

as she sang
some Mozart
aria

or that French
girl who comes
to the shop

with her art
that might sell
Abela

informs me
if priced right
yes I say

but thinking
of last night.