The Job

Attending to verbal constructs

makes care long-term,

not acute,

which is for the best

because, though flawed,

each one is salvageable

or replaceable

unlike my flesh.

Words can be compared

with moments,

houses, trees, wires,

wires, trees, houses.

All stand

on their marks.

Still,

there’s a lot of overlap.

I move my eyes

to make time.

I take their measure

and create a duplicate.