Cut a leaf from an aloe plant
Rub it on my tender heart
Hold a puppy aloft to my face
Let it lap away my trailing tears

Tell me a silly inside joke
Fill up my tinntinnabulatory ears
Pick me a fistful of dandelions
Put them under my tenuous nose

Bake a delicious frosted cupcake
Feed it to my tastebudded tongue
Connect a USB peripheral cable
Print out my twinkling dreams

Buy a Christmas-print sweater
Pull it over my ten-pound head
Push a mysterious red button
Watch me ignite in thermal fire

Your love cradles my soul
Like ironic poetry