Quite Possibly, But Not Necessarily, a Love Poem

people make all sorts of absurd promises
safe in knowing no one expects results

knot a rope around the moon
wedge it in a gift bag
beside the whole world,
delicately wrapped in red tissue paper?
Anything for you, dear.

I don’t have enough to buy you the world, *****.
I won’t wrestle a mountain lion
I’m too fond of my limbs and face

but I would get your car doors fixed
so they open both ways