what you should
or shouldn't do?
Wait just a minute;
before you give your answer,
stand up and fashion
a small cup
from your words—
then brew
a little bit
of hot coffee up
and pour it straight in there,
with all the rough certitude
of an omniscient,
omnipotent,
omnibenevolent narrator,
taking careful notice
of what happens
to your shoes.
Now: tell
your audience—
who makes the rules?
