It's the day of the ram <br />and the head of the year <br />Rosh Ha'Shanah at <br />services I sat next to <br />Mel Torme who outshone <br />all comers with his bar <br />mitzvah heroics while on <br />my left is Barnett Newman <br />big talker whose favorite <br />subjects include the horses <br />and the stock market he <br />knows the odds the women <br />are seated upstairs this is <br />an orthodox congregation <br />very serious I make <br />eye contact with the wife <br />of Menelaus who runs off <br />with Paris confident I'm Paris.<br /><br />David Lehman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/september-22/
