Heaven
was only half as far that night
at the poetry recital
listening to the burnt phrases
when I heard the poet have

a rhyming erection
then look away with a
lost look
'Every animal' he said at last
'After intercourse is sad'
But the back-row lovers
looked oblivious
and glad
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, (Yonkers, Nueva York, 1919). Doctor en Periodismo por la Universidad de la Sorbona. Poeta, periodista y editor perteneciente a la generación Beat.