Vivian Kurkjian: To A Sagittarian

(The Archer -- Prudence, with Curved Lines)

That studious face you wear, My Pet,
Deprives you of the sweet mundane.
And so I beg, if once again
We chance to meet and you should
Whisper "Dearest" to my back,
Do me the favor so I will know
That you and I are blood and flesh--
Pinch me--very hard.