proposal writing

I'd rather propose to you
next to a roaring fire, a glass of red,
a plate of shrimp drenched in chipotle sauce
red hot delicious.
alas, proposal writing is another thing indeed,
so many paragraphs so carefully crafted
to convince them,
not of a happy life together,
but of the importance of science,
this science, so I write this late
at night, not of love
but of the Moon
and dust