sleep with you (no sex)

Can I sleep with you
just sleep

no sex

I want to enter your house in the evening
and become familiar with the odors and scents
that linger in your lair

I want to bring a small bag of groceries
and mix up something I saw on food network
while observing the contents of your bachelor cupboards

I will arrive freshly showered comfortably dressed
while you comment on my casual appearance
no make up
just gloss
you like my freckles

Im am only here to sleep with you
no sex

I continue simmering and sizzling ingredients
I found some left over peppers in your fridge
from when you had dinner with her
so what

I will give them a new flavor

We name our top 5 emcees
90's hip hop blares
you tease me cause my team is out of the playoffs
that shit is old news
but
you dont know what else to say to me
nervous
but Im only here to sleep

now satisfied
full sleepy
my cigarette
and your green
burns
the smoke
twirls in the air
we talk statistics
about which plant
my tobacco
or your cannabis
will kill us
our smokes collide in the air


teeth are flossed and
brushed
I cleanse my face
and inhale the scent
of the face cloth you said is mine
I just wanna sleep with you

I hear jay leno
tell jokes that are actually alright
but we are too cool to laugh at that shyt
I think if I wasnt here youd at least watch until the commercial break
you scurry for the remote and find adult swim

I climb into bed in a too big t-shirt
u retrieve a book of poems and explain to me
you havent read the book
but the nigga that sold it to you
had some long ass
locks and odd jewelry

was exchanging info about a vegetarian dish

with a girl who looked all neo-soul n shyt
so you just assumed he was dope

you make sure i like my pillow
said your mom gave you these sheets when you came home from college
and you havent had time to get more
I yawn
I know you just havent had the money to get more
there are so many more important things
in my mind
I give you approval
you work hard
but dont make alot of money
its cool
I like you

thats why I just wanna sleep here with you
but no sex
though
you read to me
from the book
of poems
turns out the nigga was dope

I yawn again
you splash the covers over me
washing away the manic flight
of thought in my mind
and introduce me to relaxation
thats why I wanted to sleep with you

no sex

your body naturally conforms to the shape
of mine
this shirt is too big
so your imagination gives you my dimensions
you overestimate my beauty
as i hear you try to breath slower to feign sleep
Im glad Im here with you
I just wanna sleep with you no sex
ok
maybe a little sex