Remembering Laura

Walking South

on the beach

in front of Doral

I heard a woman sing ...

“If you put the man

back in romance

I’ll put the lay

back in lady”

Catching up to her

I asked

where she first

heard the song

She said: “It’s mine

do you like it?

It still

needs more work

I was hoping 

this walk

would enchant

or inspire”

At the Fontainebleau

I said: “I do very much

Let me help you write 

 the second verse”

(Miami Beach: 1982)