If I Were A Fly Poem by Robert Rorabeck

If I were a fly,
I’d crawl on your lips,
I’d lick at your eyes,
If I were a fly-
What would you say,
If I said your name to your ear,
If I were a fly,
And could I go about you this way,
In the secret procession
Of my choo choo train legs,
I’d tickle your neck,
I’d shade in your bangs,
If I were a fly,
And what would you do,
If you knew my name
Would things be the same
If I were a fly
Would you let me be
Familiar to you,
And explore you like a new
Continent,
And cartograph your things,
And plot each inch
And sketch
Would you allow me to be
Alone with you in
Your bedroom,
And feel you stretch and breathe.
In class,
Could I go on being your
Unnoticed tattoo
If you were a girl I knew
And I were a fly.