Jane Hath a Way

I’ve always loved you
Jane Hathaway

I’ve always loved
your ideas of the appropriate

the way you stand
as a frumpty pillar of sanity

between The Clampetts
and Mr. Drysdale.

O, how I would love
to lie with thee

on the sunny shores
of the cement pond.

Yes, Jane Hathaway, yes
I know I’ll always keep

My money in your bank.

–September 13, 2017
An earlier version was written October 22, 1991.
With reference to “The Beverly Hillbillies” tv show.