I Need You

I need you more than ever.

I need you like a forest

        needs rain

I need you like a tree

        need roots

I need you like a serpent

        needs a sea

I need you like a great white heron,

        needs the sky

I need you like the ocean

        needs a current

I need you like a chainsaw

        needs electricity

I need you like a wolf

        needs meat

I need you like a temple

        needs prayers

I need you like a rapist

        needs power

I need you like an infant

        needs a nipple

I need you like the mountains

        need valleys

I need you like a television

        needs a viewer

I need you like a fuck

        needs love

I need you like a dream

        needs sleep

I need you like thunder

        needs lightning

I need you like a spider

        needs a web

I need you like a soul

        needs a body

I need you like a disease

        needs a host

I need you like evil

        needs good

I need you like a warning

        needs a cause

I need you like blood

        needs a place

I need you like a thought

        needs a spark

I need you like a breeze

        needs a direction

I need you like time

        needs movement

I need you like an engine

        needs fuel

I need you like a person

        needs a label

I need you like a candle

        needs a flame

I need you like dust

        needs a plain

I need you like a river

        needs a bend

I need you like a screw

        needs a nut

I need you like Columbus

        needed a map

I need you like Warhol

        needed a gun

I need you like Dorothy

        needed a home

I need you like Gilligan

        needed a boat

I need you like Santa

        needs a sleigh

I need you like the Bee-Gees

        needs a mirror-ball

I need you like Vox

        needs the media

I need you like one

        needs destruction

I need you like a film

        needs an audience

I need you like dinner

        needs a plate

I need you like boiling water

        needs heat

I need you like a logo

        needs treatment

I need you like color

        needs light

I need you like peace

        needs war

I need you like men

        needs God

I need you like religion

        needs followers

I need you like a fetus

        needs a womb

I need you like a bee

        needs honey

I need you like a tongue

        needs a taste

I need you like a worshipper

        needs an imagination

I don’t need you.

© 1998 David Greg Harth

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