The Lions Yawn And The Alligators Roar Poem by Robert Rorabeck

Dog of smut and rainbows- waiting for you to
Get home so I can drink
My last class through the unreasonable ballrooms of
Another day of high school,
Just trying to save myself while the
Orchestra sinks,
And the day’s shadows proceed over the ant hills
And baseball diamonds,
While really meaning the same thing with all of its stuff:
And I remember you
Even before I knew who you truly were- I remember you
Through the somnambulating amusements of
Ferris Wheels,
Or through the haunted daylight of pet cemeteries-
While nothing that I am is truly beautiful-
And even while none of it has to ever turn out this way-
Even through the fieldtrips to Disney World,
I will always truly love as if you really were- and if you
Cannot recall me tomorrow-
I will love you the same, as the lions yawn and the
Alligators roar.