DIALOGUE

Who are you, who are you, who are you?

I tell him why I matter.
But who are you? he asks.
And I tell him I matter.

Obviously. You're mine.
But who am I? I ask
and beg him to answer.

You're mine.
Obviously.
But I matter.

Tell me you matter, he says.
I matter.
But who are you?

I'M YOURS.
Do you matter?
OBVIOUSLY.

Who are you? Who are you? Who are you? I ask.
And I tell him it obviously matters.

What obvious matters. Why do you want to know?
Who are you?

Reader. You're mine. I matter.
But "I"?
But who are you?

Written in 2006.