we get that take from poet tony hoagland. he teaches writing at the university of houston, and is the author of six books of poetry. juror followen tine's day i'm going to read a poem called romantic moments which is about a man and a whom who have been to see a nature documentary on a first date. it's one of the documentaries in which many animal species are characterized in terms of their mating habits. romantic moments. after seeing the nature documentary, we walked down canyon road. on to the plaza of art gallerys and high-end clothing stores where the orange trees were fragrant in the summer night and the pink adobe walls glow flesh like in the dark. it is just our second date. we sit down on a bench, not looking at each other holding hands and if i were a bull penguin right now, i would lean over and vomit softly into the mouth of my beloved. if i were a peakoch i'd flex my gluteial muscles to erect and spread the quills on my cinemax tail. if she were a female walking stick bug she might insert her proboskus delicately