what I want most of all
is to make this
& then not to recognize it


let me try
putting something in,

something I have known well

let me hold it

like a weapon in every
room of our old house,


it helps
not to have a continuous thought,
but instead to stare at the sofa


for a whole sixty seconds
before realizing it

is not even touching the floor

touchstonery

is the greatest threat
facing us today


when you asked me
to wash your neck,
I believed you


too bad
I will never enjoy myself

when I make love

so worried

about mistakes I have
never heard of


hear this song? like it?
buy a radio and you can have it
every time it comes on