Tonight then, in the bar
          I’ll know you
by the back of your head
and the front of your smile.

You’ll recognize me by my need.

That shouldn’t worry you,
remember you looked first.
I’ll admit I nearly stumbled
          looking back
but what a sight you were.

Tonight.
Though no plans
have yet been made
I’ll be punctual
on time and on my mettle.

I come expecting nothing
(though secretly I know
that there is something
there has to be…)
Still whatever happens
is a gift of time
or touch or both.

- from “Beyond the Boardwalk,“ 1975Today
you came toward me
          once again
as though we’d planned it.
Passing on you smiled
as only beauty
has the charity to do.

Tonight then, in the bar
          I’ll know you
by the back of your head
and the front of your smile.

You’ll recognize me by my need.

That shouldn’t worry you,
remember you looked first.
I’ll admit I nearly stumbled
          looking back
but what a sight you were.

Tonight.
Though no plans
have yet been made
I’ll be punctual
on time and on my mettle.

I come expecting nothing
(though secretly I know
that there is something
there has to be…)
Still whatever happens
is a gift of time
or touch or both.

- from “Beyond the Boardwalk,“ 1975

It doesn’t matter
who you love
or how you love
but that you love.

For in the end
the act of loving any man
is the act of loving God.

The good in men
is all the God there is
and loving is a contribution
to that good
and to that only God.

- from “Hand in Hand,“ 1977