a place for all the stars

he said his english name was Bench because benches are useful.

we giggled and said it was a good name.  and it was a good name because it fit somehow.  

i want to be useful.  i want to name things the way Bench could name things.  i want to have room for all the drops in my bucket, to not have to overflow in your car or in my kitchen or in the shower with the lights turned low low low.  

hips and bones.  

the back and the forth.  

the way my hands open like a book while you talk.  i'm collecting your stories

i'm sending them back up up up to the place 

where they belong