Literature
i do not want you to read this
i do not want to write about
the stars in your eyes,
the fire in your heart,
or fictional romance.
i do not want to go to
the dentist's
or Neptune
or Canada.
i do not want to write
about love
or science
or bones.
i do not want to
write about hips
or your skeleton
or broken clocks
not of simon says,
or truth or dare, of
faraway countries,
footprints in snow,
or eating disorders
not of you,
aquariums,
nightmares,
Greek Gods
or the future
in fact,
i do not want to
be a poet at all.
i'd rather be a
psychiatrist or
or detective
or astronaut
or firefighter
not talking about crime scenes,
but studying them;