Let Me Write My Poem, or Lists
a Wednesday poem
October poem
poem about all the books by my bed
maybe I won't read them intentions
one after the other if I wrote lists
I'd put those books on my list
stories half written in files on the floor
maybe I can find them my favorite pen
has vanished I can go to the store and get
another pen that can go on the Big List too
and what about the idea that this fall I would
give away what I don't use shoes for example
I love shoes and don't want to give them away
not really though shoes should be on the list
so should volunteering more figuring out
how to help. I've never been good at balance
this versus that if I take Yiddish class maybe I won't
have time to write a poem. Still, I could put
learning Yiddish on the list and sign language
and working at the shelter one night a week
and writing poems.