When I say I cause harm, I mean
at some point I stopped fishing.
I add ice to good whisky,
pull out, resist change.
I mean I don’t ask any questions,
I won’t remember your first name,
I’ll read the commentaries and
then I’ll claim expertise. I mean
there is a blackness near my heart —
the colour of my morning coffee
which I drink the same way I say
I love… : in fear or out of habit.