by Violet Scott

Created on: November 05, 2008

You are ordering takeout

again

and you direct at me a question you ask

ask me" What do you want?" I don't know, so I say

"Surprise me"

and what I really mean to say is

Surprise me-

with effort

never before bestowed.

Surprise me-

with attention

never asked for.

Surprise me-

with finding you

waiting at my door.

Surprise me-

with words of longing and rapture.

Surprise me-

with your smile

outside my window at work.

Surprise me-

with my favorite flowers,

even when you haven't been a jerk.

Surprise me-

with time,

stolen away.

Surprise me sometime,

and decide to stay.

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