At Long Last Love

Is it an earthquake

Or simply a shock?

Is it the good turtle soup

Or merely the mock?

Is it a cocktail

This feeling of joy?

Or is what

I feelThe real

McCoy?Is it for all time

Or simply a lark?

Is it Granada

I seeOr only

Asbury Park?

Is it a fancy

Not worth thinking of

Or is it at long last love?

Is it a rainbow this time

Or just a mirage?

Is it the message sublime

Or merely massage?

Is it creamora

This pitcher of cream?

Is all I deem

Supreme, a scream

Is it a tempest

Or only a spitz?

Shall I assent to the heights

Or slowly sink to the pits?

Is it the ivy

In touch with the glove

Or is it at long last love?

Does it have papers

Or is it a mutt?

Is it industrial strength

Or has it been cut?

Shall I shout?

Yes, yesOr murmur perhaps

Am I hearing

BrahmsOr bombs attacks?

Might I be empowered

Or might I be mocked?

Will I be devoured tonight

Or only be defrocked?

Will it be curtains

When push comes to shove

Or is it at long last love?

Or is it at long last love?