make I statements as
you pass the talking stick
circles have been so important

charles' vroom vroom
manic cacophony
and kim's bashful
dalliance she dances
with the board shorts
spectres of the apocrypha

and for me is only
the hot breath of
the living
i do not touch
the hot plate at
the diner i was
told not to oh
and i'm such a good
boy don't you think?

I feel that you are not listening
I think there is something else you are trying to say
I want to gouge out your eyes
and ladle soup from their sockets
a nice lobster bisque