If this were a perfect world:
We’d fall in love,
trusting and relying
on on another
as true lovers do.

If this were a perfect world:
I wouldn’t pick up your socks
and you wouldn’t try too hard
to convince me
that you can do it.

If this were a perfect world:
we would be retouched
with our flaws diminished
with bright smiles
where wine wouldn’t
Stain our lying teeth.