For Instance, I Needed a Sieve

(For Instance, I Needed a Sieve)

You        are supposed to be good at things like this

things like being a public nuisance, for instance

and yet you don’t make a sound

because I sing it I must know it so it must

            exist

just like this

Peep?

You        think it’s supposed to be comedy

so you laugh

you make fun of information

as you receive it

Ha

Some people have furniture

also known as precision

Do You estrange touch?

Let’s do this contrition again: what

do You make to make a living?

I prefer the idea of furniture

I’ve finished the book and I’ve found

the perfect participle for You        but I have exhausted

my supply of diversion

I pretend to anticipate

ice                I mean skin

“I don’t think the bus I need exists”

You                 shouldn’t

try to put someone who weighs as much as I do

      in your pocket