GOD HAS LUNCH WITH SENOR BORGES

Borges did not believe in God and would tell Him so
Over lunch. The two of them would sit at a table
On the banks of the Sambatyon. God packed the food
But trusted Borges to pick the wine. "Tell me again,"
God would say, "about the infinite library
Or maybe the one about the forking paths."
Fond of imaginary beings, Borges would speak until dusk
When Gabriel would appear from wherever he'd been
And drive them home. Borges always sat in back:
God having once and for all cried "shotgun!"