if you want it...

Just my photo, lipstick & pearls,
Dainty on your desk for the nights we both work late?
-- if you weren't ashamed to tell it--
I cannot imagine a lovelier fate--

I promise to buy you a kite, if you want it,
A yellow, green and blue one, if you want it.

I promise to bake you a cake, if you want it,
A yellow, green and blue one, if you want it.

I think that the wet grass will be very good for your knee.
You will explain its logic to me, and I will twirl my parasol.
Oh, yes, I say,
I do agree.

I don't know much about seaside air, so I turn and ask you.
You'll talk an awful lot. I'll breathe in so hard I'll burst with delight.
Oh, yes, I say,
I think so too.

I promise to iron your dress, if you want it,
Your yellow, green and blue one, if you want it.

I promise to pack you a lunch if you want it,
A yellow, green and blue one, if you want it,

bright and tiny plastic tubs packed with sandwiches and snacks,
sweet home cooking packed with,
perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
left forgotten- like my little memory now- in the backseat of your car.

Oh, I promise a future so sweet, if you want it!
A yellow, green and blue one, if you want it!