Brautigan’s “I’ll Affect you Slowly” from Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork is a bit of humor. It’s about a sly attempt at seduction that may or may not have been successful.
I’ll affect you slowly
as if you were having
a picnic in a dream.
There will be no ants.
It won’t rain.
No menu is given.
See Richard Brautigan. “I’ll Affect You Slowly” (1976), in Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork. Also, see Billy Manhire’s “How to Take Your Clothes Off at a Picnic” (1977)