LET'S

Ricky Garni

here is the order in which it happened:



I said, "I think that the room

	should just be filled with space.

		no books at all

		and maybe just one rose

on a table."



amy said, "I could put the baby 

		to bed."



by that she meant:



	"let's take all the trash

	and put it in the trash, 

		but let's do it



 tomorrow."



		I put on a record:



next, I wheeled around

	and almost 

		 fell down, like

 trotsky



		dancing to melodies



		on the record player.





amy said, "you could help me

		clean the kitchen."



by which she meant,



"by tomorrow,

	you will have forgotten



all of this."



and





   "please be careful"







trotsky



          I turned to face her





by this, I meant

		that I loved her







on the kitchen table, I drew





 a small rose.                 I looked out the window





and watched the

	sun rise





please help me,

 it says,



to

understand



by this,

	 I meant that

 		I was almost



asleep.



by that,

 	amy was already



asleep, and I



        adjusted



            the knob



                on the



                  record player





the music had returned



        to its rightful owner







by now,

 the rose

    opened towards

        the light

           of the

                  sun



by this I mean,



amy was alive

	and asleep,



I was asleep,



      and with amy



     was alive, and 



underneath one fragrant petal I rested



 my head for eternity and ever



by now, my breathing was                almost complete, 





by now, I