(For Hank Chinaski)
Came up
behind
What a wallop
Caught me
upside
the head
thirty years
of rage
Caught her
forearms
Forced her
back
Onto
the
sofa
Listen I said
Want to
wind up
In the street
She looked up
crying
Some kind
of crazy smile
You know
I love you
I said
How about
a beer?
