In Some Things I See

In some things I see other lives.
The bathtub's ledge owes something to
one who knows we all require
a place to rest
(our soap, if nothing else),
and candy bars of course are made
by men who think the world deserves
some sweetness in sweet recompense
for revenue.
These are two
of many minds and worlds that crowd around me;
probably I see
most my own imagining,
but feeling just that other hands have grasped
the boxes and the bottles I employ
gives me, if not joy,
perhaps connectedness--
it's better, as we spin our private worlds
around our common star,
to know, if not our neighbors well,
at least a reassurance that they are.


December 9, 2008