i was born
from a baby
on her knees
cleaning and hanging on
to the floor
like a bat to a cave
but she scrubs too well
and slips
and starts again
erasing herself
and the blood
she never learned
how to suck up
*
where do you you
is it here reading
or in your mother
carrying her on your back
those first few days
or in a silent hush shared
between test takers who
don’t know the answer but can
figure it out if only given the time
and the quiet to find
movement in stillness
noise in silence
that leaves them with a grade great
from an education that they forget
when they become someone else
than who they were
and who they saw in you
or is it
when i say
you you me
as though i know you
like i know me
even though
on most days
i forget both
*
be selfish
with your time
and you
like others will
be selfish with you
for them
forget others
like they have forgotten you
forget me
stop reading
look,
i’ll help
like no other
other ever will
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