COURT

When it does grieve,

her beauty blasts

an area open to the sky;

it doesn’t pop and

harbor unfounded

resentment

or burst open

to seek the affections of,

or woo what is

mostly or entirely

surrounded

by buildings, walls, etc.

(of animals) attempting

to attract

but splitting suddenly

and turning partly

inside-out.

It may build up

for an unreasonable

length of time.

He takes another

girl on his knee:

a game where a black robe

and some people in suits

and ties dance around

this inside structure

by engaging (a mate)

in certain

species-specific

behaviors

Poor girl, she'll come

like me at last: we

is fairly fragile, and

“mushes.” They will

not confide in people,

and pretend to

establish justice

between your fingers

quite readily.

Manatees have a

courting ceremony

that causes, leads to,

or provokes

seismic signals

in a courting male

jumping spider.

Do? I do.

The courting male

perches on the back

of a terrorized victim

to court the disaster

of the female,

rocking backwards

on behalf of society

and forwards ­–

exploited or

betrayed ­–

in fear of

being.