Be There.

a man on a blind date.

Be there by the bridge,

Sorbus said,

I'll be wearing a flower

in my buttonhole.

 

But she never showed,

least not

that he knew,

she saw him through

the falling snow:

bespectacled,

black bearded,

with pointed chin

and hooked nose.

 

She wanted more

than that

to please

and feed

her hidden rose.