BY THE CHARLES RIVER

Signs for a room mate
on a church wall
entering the monastery
hearing the psalms
at St. John, the Evangelist
no Phillistines around
but a nice guy
cruising by the river
after an all night affair
at the Algiers club
he's like a Blakean angel
in a modulated voice
of an opera tenor
we enjoy the grass
and sartorial heavens
the Latin Mass
as wrestlers
and lovers of the Word
as a pal of his weekend
bacchanals
he needs someone
to share the rent.