The Life

 

Flipping around in there,
- what if I can't catch you three years from now?
And later, I don't have long talks planned,
I only speak triplets.
What will you learn from me?

I stretched beyond dad but only because I had to,
because he was hazy on praxis,
couldn't commit to why,
my thinking wants to be crystal,
so much.
Examples, 
files to the sky.

What will you learn from me,
will you learn that stroller handles 
are mainly loose,
but some of them are wrapped 
in brown leather,
a re-skinned Holiday Inn 
a wand sweep it's a 
Hudson Yards lobby,
spot the difference
if you stamp the right way, 
the tile's still going to crack.

Will you learn that I soon sat,
exhausted by options,
that I only want to wear you
facing outwards,
rather than you look up,
and measure the wince
of my wait for reasons.