Tease ~ then make me wait.
You hunker down in the dirt,
daring me to draw near.
I yearn for a whiff of your flowery heart.
Alas, you stall; play hard to get.
Green, gray Peniocereus G.
You’re a prickly cactus.
Bloom ~ one midsummer night.
Lure me with vanilla trails.
Open wide pale flamboyant.
Flagrante delicto, my queen,
You are moonlit luminescence.
I am one hungry hawk moth,
winging your way, humming your song.
Seduce ~ sing Hallelujah
Probing your sticky core,
I tongue ambrosial nectar.
No fan of one-night stands, but for you
I thrum through desert darkness
Hovering ~ a silent supplicant
at the altar of your evanescence.
-Sasha Case
