Pi-Day

by Bernadette Mayer

you are an unending
decimal — you see ?

no matter how many
b & w paramount movies you see
that are risqué
things will come in
to sweep & vacuum-clean
everywhere
even under the table
cleaning by
a decimal animal
whenever you don’t
notice
please let us
stand on a chair
to
give a speech
each of your hairs
says
I am within
the realm
of figuring       out
how everybody twinkles
                                                on this day
                                                                  like clouds
thru icicles
ground covered
with snow
how could this be ?
how many pies
can we eat ?

birthday is pi-day, yay
“you have the pi-day powers”

you know    it’s showering
icicles & drops
everything
on
everybody