Champagne Poem for La Josie

for Josie Garza

The first glass will make you laugh.

The second will have you making others laugh.

The third is for singing operettas.

The fourth to give you wings.

The fifth will have you forget

the things you chose to remember

and remember things you chose to forget.

The sixth is for courage when dialing Him.

The seventh to bring down cuss and concupiscence.

Congratulations. The eighth will drive you to bed or brawl.

Or to brawl in bed. Same difference.