Can I come over and ripen?

Can I stretch my feet out

and wiggle my toes

and ask

if I should paint them tomato-red

with a little green stem

on the big one?

Can I root my vines

between the pillows

of your couch & 

fall away?

.

Can I come over and float?

Can I lotion my feet

and ask if I should paint my toes

astronaut-silver?

The only metallic with no gravity.

Can I hover over to your bed

like a cartoon who has smelled

a fresh baked pie?

Hearts all over my face.

Can I come over &

love a dream like that?

.

Can I come over and think?

Can I rub the ache from my feet

& run big ideas past you?

If you pick a side

and hold it between your teeth,

I could finally braid it.

I would finally sleep.

Can I come over and

go to sleep?

.