why do we have favorites of weird things
like bathroom stalls and constellations
and eye colors and people
(my favorite people)
I get impatient when people ask me
the gray questions
like what’s your favorite color-
shouldn’t we be talking about
our favorite dreams
our favorite hand to hold
our favorite note to follow middle c
but it’s okay isn’t it
all they want to know is
how to know me better
and I want to
let them