Wicked Uncles

Wicked Uncles

I need a portfolio of wicked uncles
to draw on in lean times
a dividend of a decent lunch
and an indecent flirt
with the footsie
A shareholders jolly
smoked salmon
and a glass of Bolly
A neatly pressed silver fox
not a bull or bear
He knows which restaurants
have winsome wines
indelicacies
are twinkle witted
glittering with Cyrano's panache
expressed in literate French
a bite of Baudelaire, a quirk of Colette
he has read everything
been top in something
and his charm is as gentle as a knowing smile
I should have started in my 30's
collecting
like a pension
I wonder if I still have
the collateral