If we want to go on a date to be new people,

we’ll go to IKEA, buy food with umlauts, admire

plastic leaves, imagine living in a pristine world

without ceiling. If your stomach aches, we’ll search

for a toilet or bucket & I will sing. If it is winter,

we’ll leave at five o’clock, thinking our knees stiff

& craving cotton. If you are stained, we’ll be together.