Ramshackle Review

Time Seducer
by M.P. Powers


i'm not a very social creature.
i'm really just a mouse.
fear-prone, too sensitive to sound.
but i can bring
you things.

i can bring you sunrise in a bottle
of French
wine, the yon lovely
light
lucerne.

i can conjure
you
up a rainforest from an apricot tree,
surprise
you
with red beryl and parsley
sprigs.

i can seduce your time
quite
unwisely  (for a
mouse).

just don't ask me to how
to
balance
your checking account,
(or mine).

don't expect me
to remember the best road
home
alone

or greet you at the door
when you get
home.

the things i can bring you
are only
of the night

and mostly imaginary.
an Eternity

you won't soon fall out of favor
with.

the smallest
portion
of nibbled-on
brie





M.P. Powers lives in the Miami area. His work can be found in Rosebud, The New York Quarterly, The Battered Suitcase, Chiron Review and many others.  More info here: http://www.nyqpoets.net/poet/mppowers.