You are making a boat
out of Lego
and I look at it
with the leftover part of my brain
that isn’t thinking about work
or whether we have avocadoes
for that dip I said I’d bring
I say in a voice
that sounds plastic
and dull
wow, how did you do that
as though I am feeding
quarters into you
a tepid encouragement
a plea to keep playing
on your own
so I can marshal
the clamor of my list
and you just look up at me
with a simple pity
mama, you just need practice
and you can make one too.