Rose Poem by Robert Rorabeck

As you can see, I am a good person;
And I can make you live forever,
And we are only spending an hour or so together,
While your children are all so beautiful and all at home:
All I imagine is laying low for you,
And making you laugh, and kissing your freckles underneath
The ribbon of this overpass:
And the days will come and go like caesuras of perpetual
Motion:
You already know they will, but I will spend my time
Anticipating your body;
I will learn someday how to catch its throws; and I will bask with
You alone in the estuaries of our unhindered language;
And I will fill my mouth with your rose.