11-02-2017, 10:16 PM
Byzantium, 2016
suppose the party that elected
you to be my love prevail --
suppose the words that i've selected
choose, in turn, to share my tale
with such an immigrant as you,
all sunny smiles and subtle touches
in this country scorning youth --
suppose my cabinet set lunches
with the timocrats of time,
and i accept their dry donations,
prosody and perfect rhyme?
but crooked is this whole construction
bar one thing that's crystal clear:
to love you is the greater fear.
suppose the party that elected
you to be my love prevail --
suppose the words that i've selected
choose, in turn, to share my tale
with such an immigrant as you,
all sunny smiles and subtle touches
in this country scorning youth --
suppose my cabinet set lunches
with the timocrats of time,
and i accept their dry donations,
prosody and perfect rhyme?
but crooked is this whole construction
bar one thing that's crystal clear:
to love you is the greater fear.