if I am the poem
and the page is the canvass
and my words the paint
then i am the painter
and if i am the painter
and the canvass is the 2x4s
and my brush is the hammer and nails
then i am the carpenter
and if i am the carpenter
and the house is the ocean
and the subcontractors are the sailers
than i am a boat
and if i am a boat
and my oars are my pasionate yet witty insights
and my mast is my refusal to use capital letters like e e cummings
and my ocean is myself which is to say my ocean is my inkwell
which means each time i write i must dip into me
then i am the poem