Dreaming

Ada Heller

Let’s buy a yellow espresso machine

to match the lemon tree

we’ll plant outside

Let’s buy a shitty apartment

with a huge balcony 

and spend all of our time on the beach 

Let’s buy two tickets to 

Los Angeles 

and forget to buy the return flight 

Let’s dream of a life

ruled by the sun 

and not by our responsibilities 

Let’s buy a puppy 

and a blue leash 

and hiking shoes 

and walk to wherever our nose points us 

Let’s invest in 

Moose Tracks ice cream 

and soft blankets

and tater tots 

Let’s believe that our dreams

of you and me 

and life 

Simply 

will get us through