it doesn't matter

and if it did

i would spell it out   it doesn't

yet   some of you 

will understand w/o a clue

~

it isn't quantifiable

it is the mere existence   the effect

the presence   the heft   

a word that means different things

in different circumstances

~

curiously   it may be

the lack of heft . . . i'm using too many words

i meant only to offer praise

and create an image by which to go to sleep

something of comfort