Billet-Doux
I'm not yet sweet enough
for you. Please stay.
There is more beneath
this daily regimen: six hours of full on
sunlight. I can learn from the bougainvilleas
that thrive in extreme heat as I do.
That drop papery frosted pink bracts
along the walkway someone may
sweep away, lifting the everyday eyes
to the bright, thorny vine, sturdy
in this private clime.
Consider this a gentle page
a billet-doux expressly for
you.

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