Paper’s for lists
Laptop’s for words

Predawn can change
it’s either waking up
xxxinvoluntarily
or going down
xxxsometimes forgetting

and often as it is
with language
there’s a pipe around
xxxbanging

Television’s for hearing
xxxthings like
“He didn’t tell us not to be jelly eaters
did he, Rexella”

Radio’s for drowning
out putting passengers
xxxaway
“Sick tree, rotten fruit”

xxxthat just in
xxxfrom Rexella

Word Perfect’s for assaulting readers
perfect words are for unsold magazines

xxxbut
when
sleep is shoved
into a small tube
lit and fingers move
you
…get this

wish you were
reading a list