I am Not

Ted & Gertrude & Tony & Ben

& Eugene & Natalie & Kenward

                            (“His name is Kenward?”)

Janice & Ron & Rebecca & Tom & Fanny

& Charles & Noah & Alice & Maxine

               who are

                 part of the scene.

                What if I’m

                                    shy?

Are they going to           

                   pay me    extra

                                     to go to the moon?

Hell no.                 

                       Are you fragile? 

                                  Will the sky

                                  snap

your stem?

                                                                    Get out there!

(“The line starts around

the block.”)

                            Oh.

Put in a “book”

                 We are sending

                      Ames

                      Saint

                      Jerome

                      Maria

                      Patricia

(“Where is Noura?”)

                      Marlène

                      The Bô

                      Margaret

                      &

                      Elena

                      I loved being with

                    Arrows

                            of happiness