I would give you the moon, my darling.
I would give you the moon in your bathroom.
It would be the size of an orange
- & hang in the window
- & throw soft light on your
- warm dry floor
...made of checkerboard tiles
...the colour of butter & ice - sssss

I would give you the sun
It would shine on an outdoor shower
- under robin’s-egg skies
- near a cactus garden
- rock a really nice loofah
... & only figure-8ing vultures
... to watch you was – shhhhh

I would give you that day, once more
I would give you the day you shaved your beard
& took a mirror selfie
- to show every version
- of mutton chops &
- your dodgy trucker moustache – shhhh

I would give you the moon, my darling
I would give you the moon on a stick
- it’s actually a lollipop
- that’s fuzz-resistant
- & never-ending
- & repels all germs
... so you can share with cute strangers
... in the queue for the loo – ooh

I would give you the moon on a stick –
I would give you a free place to pee
- at the end of each journey
- a lockable door
- for your introvert moment
- there would always be paper
- & decent soap
... & a filter to disguise the echoey walls
... so the person on the phone
... can’t tell you’re pooping -. nnnng

I would give you the moon on a stick
- the chance to lock a stall door
- & never have to think about
... his hand on your ass
... or that pill in your glass
... or any of the other things
... you never asked his hands to do - ooh

I would give you no fear

but o my darling, o my darling
I cannot share what I do not truly have
& simply saying I have it
does not make it so - oh

And so

I can only give you time to fix your lipstick
- & an ear for your stall songs
I will use the non-sting shampoo
- & shield your eyes when I rinse

__& o my darling, o my darli- nnng
I will dry the seat if I splash - shhh