Let’s go for a picnic and a swim at Polly McQuinn’s
we’ll pack a basket of food and some cold drinks
I’ll get the picnic rug and the Esky
we can spread out on this long hot lazy afternoon
under the tall peppermints and swamp gums 
by the cool soothing brown water of the swimming hole
we can lounge in the shade all day if we want too
maybe you will want to take some sun in your bathers for a spell
before a refreshing plunge into that oasis below the weir
I’ll watch you, admire and love you the whole while
I’ll reflect on where we are going and where we have been
I will even venture in for a swim with you
because this moment in this water will change everything
when I meet you in the slow eddies
embrace you forehead to forehead nose to nose shoulder to shoulder chest to chest hip to hip
our legs gently treading water together 
rotating us blissfully so full of each other we could burst
I will tell you I want to marry you
I will ask you to marry me
and I will softly kiss the earthy water from your lips until I hear your reply