PACKED AND READY TO GO OUT OF THIS WORLD
Lovebirds sit on their suitcases
waiting for their wings to sprout.
They listen to a melancholy melody
in a minor key planting seeds of love.
They carry a supply of dark chocolate,
a magnum of Cabernet Sauvignon wine,
a double cream brie soft-ripened round,
and a Rukaza silicone hot-water bottle.
Under the white sheen of a full moon
their backs begin to swell with buds
unfurling of newly formed angel wings.
Radiant and winged, they fly away
to transmigrate in the crisp night air.