REFRIGERATOR STOCKED WITH BEER BOTTLES

   	after a photograph by Michael Sollazzo

   Thirty-eight bottles of beer.  I counted.
    Let's assume they're giving a party...
   tomorrow we'll find the bride's corsage,
    some left-over chicken, plenty of room
     for greens, eggs, tapioca pudding...

      why, even now, behind the door
to the freezer compartment, there may be many
       purple and orange popsicles
   specially laid in for the children...
  if only our eyes could open such doors.

Barry Spacks