untitled (the roses)

between here and the beach there is a rosebush. a desert rose. or a beach rose. a sand-and-salt rose. its blooms the colour of surprised love, glowing at me in the twilight through the lace of their branches. i plucked some. (flower-thief. purloiner of petals.) they are in a vodka bottle in my room. inkyblue glass and five surprised lovers.