6.
make me dwell in safety
protectors and other experts
EMPATHY COURSE
specialist’s orders
edition of two extensive records, and a dozen minor notes
I wanted it to mean more; I made it mean more.
It wasn’t up to me.
I would not make it and be full of it.
I wish it were morning, always the morning.
I’d only want before and after.
I am going to leave,
I am going to leave it all.
But I was good, wasn’t I?
Sorry, it was nothing.
I never want anything ever again!
I feel . . . what is . . . Perfect.