The Over Splendid Rose Poem by Robert Rorabeck

This is how it happens-
This rude experiment,
Bringing over to her my lunches
While the vultures circle with
Other plans-Volunteers in a tent of sky;
Demoralizing in the
Great blueness of this
Country
Where they’ve been taught
So much goodliness,
And they have fun making love
With their eyes
While the lilies suffer;
Heat stroke in the asphalt parking lots,
Hallucinating unprotected and
No cavernaserai-
Now who will
Have the heart to tell
Them this,
While the over splendid
Rose grows out
From her mother’s skull.