Balcony

I am 18 in
San Antonio
And my friend
Kathy knows I sleep
Summers on the balcony
So she drives across town
To my house after midnight
Climbs up the porch column
And fir tree carefully swinging
Her leg up and over the iron railing
In the pitch dark she puts her foot
Down onto my father’s stomach
As he not I am asleep on the
Cot on the balcony and he
Opens his eyes seeing at
A glance recognizing
Her as the daughter
Of someone he
Works with at
The airbase
But Kathy
Quickly
Says
Hi
I was
Looking
For Dan so
Goodnight and
Climbs down from
The balcony an incident
My father never tells me or
His friend at the airbase anything
About and I learn of from Kathy
Who thinks it is hilarious an
Attitude that makes her a
Good bet for a long term
Relationship but fate
Decides elsewise
And now I do not
Know what fate
Befell Kathy
But I know
She must
Smile at
What
She
Later
Referred
To as the
Geological
Balcones Fault
Line, so goodnight.