{"id":862,"date":"2009-08-11T16:48:51","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T21:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stephenpickering.com\/?p=862"},"modified":"2009-11-27T12:38:43","modified_gmt":"2009-11-27T17:38:43","slug":"the-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenpickering.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/11\/the-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can I hold your hand in Spring?<br \/>\nIt would be a most beautiful thing.<br \/>\nI can take you &#8217;round Haskel&#8217;s for lunch<br \/>\nOn Saturday so we don&#8217;t have to rush<\/p>\n<p>If its dry I&#8217;ll hold your clutch.<br \/>\nOtherwise you&#8217;ll beat me to the punch.<br \/>\nI love living in your bowl,<br \/>\nAnd do you know on Saturday they offer free rolls!<\/p>\n<p>Gratis, no kidding,<br \/>\nBut before winter you must bring them some knitting<br \/>\nDo it up in style<br \/>\nSo they can be proud and look at us smile.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be your bookkeeper too.<br \/>\nGod knows you&#8217;ve earned your due.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll wish you all the best<br \/>\nWhen the pumpkin headed monsters put you to the test.<\/p>\n<p>Awake in my dream<br \/>\nOh, it&#8217;s a marvelous thing<br \/>\nTo think you&#8217;ll be my wife<br \/>\nAnd pour my coffee the rest of my life.<\/p>\n<p>You are all pumpkiny when you blush<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a smile I&#8217;ve seen for miles when I&#8217;m free.<br \/>\nI wish you would hold me up in your tree<br \/>\nFeathered and silent, tasted of your touch.<\/p>\n<p>You are Grandma&#8217;s dream<br \/>\nComing alive at the seam.<br \/>\nA wish maker&#8217;s dance<br \/>\nHeld still by a trance.<\/p>\n<p>You are diamonds and hides<br \/>\nThe King maker&#8217;s bride.<br \/>\nCan we saddle up and ride<br \/>\nUntil we reach the other side?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll take you in hand<br \/>\nAnd be ball rich grand.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s stake us out some land<br \/>\nJust to show Daddy that we can.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll build rich farms<br \/>\nThat grow honeysuckle charms<br \/>\nAnd dream of monkeys and apes<br \/>\nWho eat our wine maker&#8217;s grapes.<\/p>\n<p>They sing winter songs.<br \/>\nWe work hard all week long.<br \/>\nThey lay in the carafe,<br \/>\nSoaking in their warm bath.<\/p>\n<p>Shower me with hope.<br \/>\nI know you think I&#8217;m poor.<br \/>\nPoor with words and can&#8217;t cope.<br \/>\nSo if it doesn&#8217;t work we&#8217;ll open a store!<\/p>\n<p>At Christmas I&#8217;ll cut you a ham.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll stream icicles across his limb.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll build forests for sleep<br \/>\nAnd burly ranches for our lazy sheep.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a sheep rancher&#8217;s wife.<br \/>\nA coat maker&#8217;s bride.<br \/>\nGod, it&#8217;s good to be alive<br \/>\nWith only you by my side.<\/p>\n<p>Honey, can you slide the ruler of life?<br \/>\nCan you be quiet for a while.<br \/>\nI want to sit and gaze at the beef<br \/>\nAnd dream of what its like to be a tree.<\/p>\n<p>I want to take the chariot for a spin<br \/>\nAnd this time not for pretend.<br \/>\nI want to ride rope and spring<br \/>\nLike on a grasshopper&#8217;s dream.<\/p>\n<p>I like grinding it out for while.<br \/>\nIt doesn&#8217;t all have to be trophy&#8217;s and style.<br \/>\nWe can be lazy for a day,<br \/>\nOr run outside and play.<\/p>\n<p>The frisbee catcher has a dog<br \/>\nThe Honeybee keeper acts like a stupid, wet frog.<br \/>\nA kiss from you will make him smile,<br \/>\nBut don&#8217;t be gone for a while.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s sing and watch the Sun.<br \/>\nAfter all, it&#8217;s how we begun.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll like dancing in the trees<br \/>\nAnd after its over back down to the sea.<\/p>\n<p>A clown maker&#8217;s wife.<br \/>\nA bee boppers life.<br \/>\nOh, what marvelous pets we&#8217;ll be<br \/>\nSold in a store, unlocked from our cage, for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can I hold your hand in Spring? 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