Balance
What if I paint
my nails red and pare a pencil
Draw a line
down the middle of the page
Put the cons
on the left and pros on the right.
On one side
of the line is IKEA; I wouldn’t go there anymore
because I
only go there with you.
Underneath
is you calling from work, calling about work
me calling
you at work. I don’t need that.
On the
other side is that I gain a family.
They said it
themselves.
Last Friday
I was at your brother’s party and Sunday at your sister’s.
Also there
are the new friends
who all
have a left side for things they’ve lost - you -
and a right
side where sometimes they put me.
On the
left, I’d have no one to mind my house or my cat
or go with me
to the vets.
That I’ve
seen how happy you are, I put on the left side
and on the
right side as well.
The pencil
breaks. I pare my nails red.
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