I Know

My I’s are all spoken

& so is my knows…

by that same token

I lip-read my pose…

My ego—so super

is tight under lids

ephemeral rumor

to govern my id…

My I’s are so pretty!

in make-up & shadow

from fathomless deep

to skitter-bug shallow

My knows—problematic

it’s big and it’s small

& in the right lighting

it’s not there at all.

©Karen Robiscoe