I love you like the deli aisle
    like shopping carts in the snow
    like minimum wage plus ten cents

I love you like all-night discussions
    like gold BMWs
    like goodbye notes on Disney princess paper

I love you like Antelope Island
    like house-warming parties
    like nothing's happening (kind of)

I love you like Mexican blankets
    like the outfield at night
    like Rainbird sprinklers

I love you like red convertibles
    like early-morning drives home, lips still a-tingle
    like watching you sit on another man's lap

I love you like picnic tables
    like police spotlights
    like lathe-spun bowls of potpourri

I love you like cream-colored limestone on an emerald hill
    like facing mirrors
    like eternity

I love you like lighthouse fish tanks
    like caramel sauce and milkshakes
    like white dress shirts

I love you like Sundays in June
    like Thursdays in April
    like New Years Day

I love you like green quartzite
    like orange gerbera daisies
    like junipers among headstones

I love you like eight acres of pasture
    like breathy wind in white pines
    like meadowlarks

I love you like you
I love you like love
I love you like me