Man With A Gun


Man with a gun
Keeps smiling at me,
With a gun in his hand
And a smile on his face
Like a skull.
Man with a gun
Wants to eat my heart
With fava beans
And a nice Chianti -
So he says.
Man with a gun
Is a smiling man,
Happy with the dark,
With the black things 
In his eyes.


July 9, 1995
© Lela Kaunitz