Can I fall in love with you?

Can I fall in love with you?
i ask
in all seriousness and play
just moments ago
we were strangers again

No.
you said
in all seriousness explained
that you were already
in love with another

how strange and exclusive
your love
how normal and raif
would I answer my question
if you so desire

It perturbs me
you say
It perturbs me
i say
so we agree
la mé

i try each time
to love you as a stranger
as a friend as a person
as the commonest lover
so it goes
love is like snowfall
i wonder

from time to time
think of me as a stranger again
fall in love with me all over again

for no reason some day
you must ask
in all seriousness and play
Can I fall in love with you?
I'll grin
If you so desire.