IMPROVISATION #61
ARCANGEL

Waves on the S.S. Pushkin
over the bubbles
of the Caspian Sea
catching a crepe suzette
on my palette
with new passengers,
thinking of Dostoyevsky
by covering "A Raw Youth"
and hearing bullets
of Russian roulette
while betting on a table
reassured with another ruble
betting on black or red
able by getting past our trouble
knowing everyone has
a double here instead.