lullaby   Lull me softly off to sleep, whisper it over and again, "I love you with my Volvo love -- primly correct, a little european (but so finely steeled). Try this too: "I love you with my Virgo love" -- operatic, unravished, uncoupled. Purr me your lioness love, and cover all my hyena bites with your supple tongue and tender paws. And love me a wild ride of redheaded love, you spicy thing, icy, hot, and alive. Love like a child, come like a mother, pray it, say it, sing it . . . at least, know that in my dream you do all this with just a whispered "I love you."     © Michael Fleming Berkeley, California June 1992