Lie Down With Me



Lie down with me and giggle,
Let's giggle.
Lie down with me and hold me.
Hold me, and I'll hold you.
Touch my hair, I'll touch your face.
Lie down with me and stroke my fingers.
Lie down with me and slide your hand down my back.

What is your favorite color?
        Green.
What is your favorite utensil?
        Charcoal.
What is your favorite sky?
        White cloud blue,
        No rain.
What is your favorite flower?
        A poppy.
        Just one, please.
        More than enough, it's all she needs.
What is your favorite walk?
        The path between the sidewalk and the street,
        On the right side.
What is your favorite ruin?
        The smokestack with the gray ugly coil.
                It roils, it ruins the sky.
        The SUV, a hundred funerals long.
                It ruins the squiggle of crack in the pavement.
What is your favorite presence?
        This lie-down, this finger-touch, this giggle-ocean.

Make a wish, love. 11:11.
Don't tell it- I wished for you.
Make a wish, sweetheart.
Sweetheart, lover...
Don't tell it, it won't come true.
I don't need to tell you, love.
You already know.

Lie down with me and tell me a secret.
A story,
Make it happy and troublesome.
Make my eyes fill and my mouth turn.
They look down, it yearns for you.

Lie down with me and smile.