Sarah St Vincent Welch #171 that I might climb (inspired by Rosemary Nissen-Wade's Rapunzel poems)

if I sing with her

ballads of war

tell a riddle

tie a knot of love

if I solve her equation

if we write philosophy
an argument, together
conjugate a verb

sew a garland

recite an epic

offer a peach

a pomegranate

a pig

pattern a quilt

dig a moat

if I dance a thousand

thousand galliards

unbutton my blouse

to suckle a babe

if I harvest a crop

design an app

an app of her desire

will she let down
let down

her hair

that I might climb

without

without

without

a stair