On the menu

Was of course
The famous inky black chowder
And a Sicilian white wine
That tickled the Senator’s
Fancy,
Though not that of
His abstemious wife.

Unexpectedly,
the Senator found
he was enjoying himself
though not his wife

When in the middle of
Dessert - a
Lemon sorbet
Scooped in passion fruit
The call came
From his old friend,
Langland
Springer