Discourse

In the fashion of Hemingway

at long length

and in great detail we talk

of salmon served with ginger crepes

the copious amounts of scotch imbibed

In perfect pitch and cadence

set the scene

rich, full notes

falling as rain

To speak more plainly

would serve only to

curb the appetite -

Carefully woven in this tapestry

of dinner conversation

the texture of things:

the hem of a velvet skirt

a leather glove

bristling hairs against silky skin -

Of food and drink we talk then

or even of the weather

lest this confection should sour

words dissolving, bitter

on the tongue