Ménage à Trois

A horticultural reproduction of
Bernini's 'Ecstasy of Saint Teresa'

Flowers shimmering, perspiring,
musk strong and heady,
scents of red and yellow and orange.

I love you yellow, most of all
turning your face to the sun,
offering your exquisite being
to strangers on gossamer wings.

How beautiful you look
where for days on end
you will be ravished,
the essence of you
gathered and spread.

How apropos it seems
for you to give so unselfishly
to so many unknowns

ménage à trois
ou quatre ou cinq.