I Could Eat Your Words

philosophy engenders a Rational man
Descartes would be the first to agree
syllogistically speaking if ‘A' is you 
and ‘B' is me 
logical proposition will lead us to'C'

Aristotle conditioned the Greeks to indulge 
the brain and the body agree
psychologically speaking if the student can teach, 
the teacher can learn, 
lets leave the thinking to me 

simplicity can charm the intellectual beast 
a three-word phrase will suffice 
hedonistically speaking if ‘food is for thought'
then ‘thought is or food,' and 
teacher, “I want you” tonight 

i could eat your words 
suck the salt from your ‘erudition'
light a fire under ‘inhibition' 
season ‘reason' with a transitive verb

i could eat your mind 
sweeten ‘no' with ‘equivocation'
blend your phrases with ‘provocation'
sip the spit from your bittersweet rhyme 

poets need a holiday 
professors need adulation 
you can talk and talk 
the right away 
and make no case for ‘moderation'

i'll drink ‘remorse' like a cabernet
champagne with ‘indecision' 
‘guilt' like garlic 
needs to sauté with cream, butter 
and wine 

I could eat your words
melt ‘objection' with ‘stimulation'
simmer ‘truth' with ‘prevarication'
taste your ‘virtue' and ‘honor' and ‘time'

baby teach me tonight