Let me not be the hand that turns the tap
I'm missing something essential

because I open, open
and what energy, what calm,
I’ve gathered up
floods out in the alltogether

therefore I tighten, tighten
like a vanishing bank account
prudent, self-aware
and entirely missing the point

How to turn the tap to the endless middle?
God knows I've tried
a violin neck hasn't been as handled
the methods, the positions,
none of it lasts for long

let me not be the hand that turns the tap
but let me be its water
water to get down
down into, and under, the dirt
darkly useful.