let them leave you

Water is to drown, is to chain,
is to all the lies, you believe,
is to love is to possession¬—
what is it, with humans and the
itch to possess¬¬—is to just be
like the rain is to painting is…
we is? we are to them, are to
us, what we are, not to us; is
to change how we eat, what we eat
all is poison, the crumbs that fall
from their table, is to tie, is…
to own is not to have, is not…

Younglan Talyoung