Ron Padgett, "Love Cook"

Let me cook you some dinner.   

Sit down and take off your shoes   

and socks and in fact the rest   

of your clothes, have a daquiri,   

turn on some music and dance   

around the house, inside and out,   

it’s night and the neighbors   

are sleeping, those dolts, and   

the stars are shining bright,   

and I’ve got the burners lit   

for you, you hungry thing.

“Love Cook,” by Ron Padgett, from You Never Know, © 2001 by Ron Padgett. Used with permission from Coffee House Press.

Source: You Never Know (Coffee House Press, 2001)