THE POINT OF SINGING

I.

I am two special characteristics


I wonder something you are actually curious about


I hear an imaginary sound


I see an imaginary sight


I want an actual desire


I am the first line of the poem restated


I pretend something you pretend to do


I feel a feeling about something imaginary


I touch an imaginary touch


I worry something that really bothers you


I cry something that makes you very sad


I am the first line of the poem repeated


I understand something you know is true


I say something you believe in


I dream something you actually dream about


I try something you make an effort to do


I hope something you actually hope for


I am the first line of the poem repeated

II.

I am two special characteristics

flatworms. the 32 Signs of a Great Man.
being in love with two people at the same time. helium.

I wonder something you are actually curious about

what are the characteristics of an accommodating person?
can you name some “best friend” cartoon characters?

I hear an imaginary sound

how are you interpreting it? how was it supposed to be interpreted?
what was the nature of the assignment?

I see an imaginary sight

small ghost of woman reclining on cutting board reading a book called
“How to Make Small Ghosts”

I want an actual desire

on the other hand a person can engage in sexual activity.
with mascara being one of the many requirements.

I am the first line of the poem restated

over the past couple of years we have begun to grow.
now to the point where we are HUGE.

I pretend something you pretend to do

my comment was made off the record and shouldn’t have been
published. the party was supposed to have been a surprise.

I feel a feeling about something imaginary

I am feeling a person through telepathy and I do not understand.
what does it feel like to have an organism?

I touch an imaginary touch

I want my skin to stop burning for just 5 minutes so I can know what
that feels like. I want to be alone but I can’t be because the world is here.

I worry something that really bothers you

or even better one could say, “I am happy with everything!
which would batter the situation with positivity!”

I cry something that makes you very sad

buy a car with bad credit!
go ape idiom!

I am the first line of the poem repeated

extracted from a large collection of miscellaneous collections.
a woman torturing a small man.

I understand something you know is true

among other common lies we have the silent lie,
the deception one conveys by simply keeping still.

I say something you believe in

humanity has known the earth to be round for a few millennia
and I have been meaning to revise that video.

I dream something you actually dream about

do you know how to turn the world into a turntable?
Mozart wants you to bake it in a cake.

I try something you make an effort to do

our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in
finding the best way to fail in real estate.

I hope something you actually hope for

the string game creates what looks loosely like a cradle
unfolding within a pregnant woman’s womb.

I am the first line of the poem repeated

III.