Reasons for liking

I’ve been thinking lately how

impossible it is to break liking

into small, discernible pieces

You bring me lots of things

happiness and onion soup, a cardholder

so I don’t lose my credit card for a record number

of three times this month

You make me (chronic insomniac)

want to hurry home to our mattress

You have made, even sleep

less tiresome

Yet I think my reasons for liking might lie in what I want to bring you

I try to sleep well so I can do ‘the awake’ well

I try to read well so I can speak well

for the sole purpose of making you do ‘the crinkly eye smile’

I go for walks

(because you’ve demanded I leave my room more)

I eat what I see and file it under

‘things to tell Oscar’

so you can know what it tastes like too

I’ve been thinking lately that I live well

and my reasons for liking might lie in how

I live well for you