***
you
are the question
still left unanswered
"a whole lot of everything"
the bartender said
and i
googling my future partner
like shaking a magic eight-ball
'yes,'
'maybe,'
'reply hazy'
'try again'
i've spent so much time manifesting
that it's getting hard to think
they told me to make a list
of all the qualities
you would have
and so i tried
and gave up
around item 279
you see
you are not a list
nor a memory
not a dream
or a fantasy
you are flesh and bone and
not mine to define
not mine to refine
not even
mine
***
