Prospectus Woo

My Dating Brochure Has the Following Sponsorship Levels and Packages:
 
There’s only one,
and it’s platinum,
because I have come
to the conclusion
in my life
of 41 years that
settling is a form
of living death
where you are
sleepwalking through
your own existence
 
The numbness that
coats the heart
from inauthentic love
is no longer an option
as the minuscule
amount of time
that remains
gets eaten by
the seconds
ticking in my mind
 
Here are my requirements:
brains, beauty, fire, ambition
 
It means that you:
Can hold a conversation that spans
from dusk to dawn,
Are easy on the eyes and have a
voice that soothes my soul,
Have the drive to get what
you want while enjoying the pursuit,
Know how to love women-
truly understand how to nurture
her soul with the heat of your touch-
and grasp that feminism
isn’t a dirty word
 
I desire dates that feel
like we are on miniature
adventures from the world,
where it’s just two people
orbiting each other in
their own private universe,
and all those around us
are nothing more than ghosts
in the background of
our private, vivid, macrocosm
 
I crave words that are kind,
softly spoken, caressing my soul,
syllables that excite me,
that tell me you listen,
hear, adapt, or
meet me in the middle
 
I hunger for hands that know
how to move across
the slopes of a woman,
a body that moves in time
to my own,
a syncopated rhythm
build from confidence
and experience
Someone who gets
that just because I asked
you to pull my hair
on Friday,
it doesn’t mean I want
the same on Sunday
Someone who knows
the value of an ask,
where consent isn’t a
theoretical concept
but a living practice
we worship in
each other
 
And if you prove so worthy
I offer my heart,
it comes with a pure devotion
to body, mind, and soul,
and I will not hand that
priceless jewel
over for anything less
than everything
I want,
So I can
give you
everything I am
in return
 
If you don’t meet
all these requirements
save us both the time
and frustration
so that I can
cut through the endless
noise to find
the one sweet track
I want to play
over and over and over and over…
 
If you feel you may be
such music,
my muse,
that rare individual
I am seeking (but
not needing-there is
a firm difference
between those two
actions)
then…
you know what to do