IMPROVISATION #16

The young city landlord
Sam who was a photographer
from Amsterdam
had a sideline career
with a weird humoresque
of a mustache, beard
and sideburns
which hung near his
long hair and pony tail
which was the style
I was about to learn,
who kept down the rent
at the first of the year
when he saw me
crash on the day bed
preparing my play
at the "Original Theater''
stayed awhile
and quickly became
my cashier
and publicity agent
who kept in touch
slept on occasion
nursed over me
over a hard cot
on a stormy night
without much persuasion
as we debated
about the Sephardic bard
Isaac D'acosta
until the Dutch first light.