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How To Get From X To My Address

To begin with, you are a variable
to me
you are an X or a Y
I am afraid
of things without form
and if I saw your crossed legs
or your branched shoulders
variable as they may be
I might run away
screaming
how does X or Y proceed down
to the corner of Mckinley and Oakland?
A variable must grow legs at first
then arms
and, one would hope,
a smile
with teeth and lips
for words to ask directions