Objects of Desire

Dear Reader,

I cannot promise that you will find

meaning here.

I cannot justify

the arrangement of

the words below

to an

Other.

I know this:

I long

f

o

r

...

In longing, I approach and retreat

like

ocean waves lap and retract

Do you feel (a)longing [with] me?

Sometime,

long ago,

the answer to the question of

in which aisle,

and who can show me,

and, finally, what am I looking for

withered to a why.

The answer, now an object

I forgot to pack

or else crumpled like a grocery list

or else laying in wait and with

lint

in the dryer door.

You may ask, why would you bother?

You may say,

If you don't know what you're looking for,

Your search will never cease!

And I may reply,

Imagine that!

To no longer bother,

to no longer care,

to no longer want

or need?

Heaven forbid.

To not need to want: a deflation

leaving breath in search of a balloon.

The only Needed Need.