You'll need a number 2 pencil

  If it’s easy, I'll do anything,

  That’s what she said,

  Live and laughing,

  Your father echoing,

  What fills a cup,

  The difficulty of the day,

  Echoes of dissatisfaction,

  Solving problems,

  They’re unsolvable,

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  Just the lake rippling,

  Strings pull,

  Knock twice,

  Your father woke up…

  Is it obvious

  Why would someone write if not to run away, or to lunge for a fruit, a bitter struggle of life and death,

  Whispers, and shadows,

  What fills a cup,

  How did your father raise you,

  Sensitive questions,

  The world echoes,

  Poets running away from problems,

  Why does fiction echo…

  Fountain pen

  I'm not just going to write the human body,

  That’s just weird, live, laugh,

  What fills a cup,

  The freedom of a poet,

  Your mother and the hand that pulls,

  Jerking off in the dark,

  Such a sad life,

  No, homie,

  Turn the lights off,

  Sixth grade,

  The world,

  Just echoing…

  Oh that was yesterday

  It took too many eternities,

  I took a roundabout,

  Next thing I know,

  The second thing happens,

  The world echoes,

  Your ability points,

  Your positioning,

  For maximum efficiency,

  Put your legs up,

  Fish simply know how to swim,

  What echoes,

  In your mom’s panties…