i can set the table
and light the candle
i can pour the wine
and pull you off the sofa
to an embrace before
the fire place
but i am not
the best lover
i can only set the pretense
and let your imagination
be good to me
i can not be better
than all the novels
you have read or
the drunken kisses you
have enjoyed at parties
but i can ask for me to be
the space you accept now
as i will with you