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IF YOU GO OUT

Say it.
Say you will.
Say you’ll do this special thing.
Say you’ll go out with me.

If you go out with me
I'll stop smoking
I'll quit toking
I'll cease all online broking.

I'll pay for dinner
and slowly digest my food
while drinking only what you deem acceptable during the meal
and dreaming of what you might deem acceptable
after
(I'd only feel you up if you agree)

If you go out with me
I won't stare at your chest
or look at other women
or give a second glance to how much you order
– the important thing is your presence,
not how much of it.

If you go out with me
I'll shave my skull
If you go out with me
I'll dance on the head on a pin
If you go out with me
I'll go down on all fours to do whatever is necessary to please  you
to show how much I want to go out with you.

If you go out with me
I would show you the city as you've never seen it before
as no one has ever seen it before
in ways unique
and unimagined
for our eyes only
no one could see the city like we would
as two
simply me
and you.

If you go out with me
I will climb rivers
and sing oceans
and build lakes of joy with my two hands and a little imagination.
If you go out with me
I will cry pleasure
and cry surprise
and cry out curses
like “Damn!” and “Good lord!” and “WHAT?”

If you go out with me, I make this pledge
I will do everything in my limited power  to make it the best time of your life.
For me, though
doubt anything could quite compare with the moment
you agreed
to go out with me.