infuse strawberry juice into my veins

follow me when i run away

i just want to paint the sky

dip my brush into the sea and swim in it.

write nonsense on the walls in pen

and we can laugh at the world sometimes.

buy a cottage (not the cheese)

overlooking our spectacular watercolored sea!

you see? how wonderful life can be?

afternoons might taste like citrus,

and memories - no longer sharp!

sew me a calico dress and prick your fingers

let’s row a gondola to Venice - make blue art!

i don’t care what goes where

grow plants inside the bathtub -

crazy ones, too!

we can use words like gongoozler and

read Dr. Seuss - save everyone

like that old Bartholomew!

and let’s get ourselves a little orange thing

that purrs and bathes in bright

don’t say the p word (politics) -

not today, not tonight!  keep the windows open -

how else will we breathe?