How I might ask someone out...

[aquamarcia]

Title: Courtship Ritual

I will invoke you,
speak your name and pour
a libation.
Wine will stain the marble and
trickle down the altar's steps.

I will set a flame,
char the lamb and lift
the smoke.
A savory aroma, sacrificial, will
rise to your seat on Olympos.

I will command the players,
call the chorus and raise
the voices.
A tragedy will play out upon
the floor of the amphitheater.

Dinner and a movie?

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Crossposted to poetssociety