cleopatra

so anthony would i do it
all over if i knew that
it would end this way with a
snake wrapped around my wrist -
very literary,
don't you think? Have snakes
always been the ones to come
talk to women in the darkest
night and say oh yes I know
all the answers just taste this.

and would you do it
all again if you knew that
you would lose Rome over it -
the whore of the orient they
called me but they called you
worse and of course
my land is a desert and yours
the seat of civilization -
would you still come to my
bed and make twins?

from the moment i saw you all
my playing was over
and after you came that
first night I thought oh no -
now this will open us up
invincible no more - we're
both delilah this time.
so you rolled over and kissed
me and i finally understood
why it was that samson said so what