canvass

canvass

the page
already talks to me.
don't let ideas
of
blank
or
empty
enter your mind.

the page has
interests,
ideas,
things to express.

this is conversation.

this is not monologue.

so you may think
you can throw whatever
scratches you want
upon her,
bathe her in emotions
you believe are only your own,

but you can't.

because without her,
you've got no way
to say
anything at all.