Autumn House Press

Selecting Things for Vagueness

I want to know some things

for certain, and other things

for vague. Have some vague idea

of where you are, not an address,

no train stop, no telephone,

no relative, no neighbor, no local,

no highway blah blah blah, no turnpike,

no regional, no county, no watershed,

no school district, no supermarket,

no tributary, no mailbox, no corner,

no state bird, no “as the crow flies,”

’cause what I’d do when I find you,

well mister, this I know for certain.