IF ONLY YOU WOULD LOVE ME
I would master
ballroom dancing,
learn to tap dance
and do soft shoe.
I’d chauffeur you
in a Rolls-Royce
and volunteer
to work part-time
for the Pope
as a simulated castrato.
I’ll sing coloratura
with staccato and trills,
dance as seductively
as Baryshnikov
as I invite you
to sense the rhythm
of multiple vibrations
you never knew existed.