MAKE TWO


With two needles and a ball of string, 
we learn the art of multiplication 

2=>couplets, lovers, dyads, pet rats, 
not twins like in my preggo horror movie. 

Two tickets to a concert, a table for 2. 
Not my favorite number-the rent is past due. 

II, 2, two ways to write the number, my favorite curvy because you can lie 

in the bottom, the bowl. The number of bites 
you need to share, a joint account. Two. 

The usual number of cake layers, the pieces 
of toast you get with eggs, the # of eggs 

in the daily special, my good and bad side, 
dichotomy, either or (not both/and), 

one part of a compound sentence. Two sides 
to the bed, two dimensions, two favorite colors, 

the number of legs Dad once had, 
knit in front and back=M1, 2 stitches, 

what you need to erase a day, not the number 
after birth, 2 parts water, 2 ounces of bourbon.