without a tub

Without a tub,
you can't take a bath.

(yes, I know you can jump in a river or a lake
or a sink...or or or...)

Without "I need people to like me,"
I can't be hurt.

Without "I need money,"
I can't be poor.

Without "I need." (period)
I don't need.

Without a "life"/image...(as in I don't have no life),
I can't lose it.

without a past (imagination)...
no idea
who
what
where
when
how...

without a tub,
you just can not
get IN it
(don't matter how many folk
tell you you should...smile emoticon

without "hell"
you can.not.go.there.

(no matta how many preachas
warn you of "danger")

who.would.you.be
without the thought of suffering?

what if
that monster
DID
turn out to be a pussycat...
after all?
and you was the crazy momma
sleepwalkin' all round the neighborhood
in yo' nightie?

what if you woked up...
just now!
and clear as a bell

you hear that saxyphone,
see that starboard wave cresting in slowwww motion...
notice that sunlight sparking on the drops in the kitchen sink...
(it's mirrored in YOUR eyes, ya know)
and feel the vibration of your neighbor's phone...that gift?

the tide is in,
she's here,
for to carry you
Home

i do not need
more than i have
in this moment

thank you
thank you
thank.you.