#2. Light Poem
from the Fish Grow Little Legs and March
Unselfconscious light.
Haha.
Light you will be the evidence of the heart and the laughter- Light you will point and ask why everything looks like that- but silly Light, you will always look like that- Light you will wonder why about that lightswitch- Light you will flick everything on and off and- Light once switched on someone will leave the room and you will be light because it was first said let there be light and so you will be light- Light a deer in a headlight a red light an ambulance a very scary light- Light you will travel so fast it’s basically a joke people will say I drove to the liquor store at the speed of light and no matter how dark or how hard or how scary you will still be light as commanded and- Light does anyone in an ambulance laugh? But Light, you’re still there so then it’s still kind of a joke, right? Light you will travel screaming singing through the night, and nobody is ever coming to save you because even if you are so bright so bright so invulnerable to the night we still need you more than you need us.
Haha.
I love making you laugh.
