On Collaboration
If you bring a pasture, I’ll be cricket, or cow.
If you bring shoes, I will offer my feet.
If you come with four walls, I’ll have a table, two chairs.
If you plow, I’ll follow with seeds.
If you lay a floor, I will prop palm fronds for a roof.
If you write a letter, I’ll lick the stamp.
If you come with flashcards, I’ll bring my best guesses.
If you have a canvas, I will stretch.
If you read a book, I will dog ear pages.
If only your right leg remains, I’ll hop on my left one.
If you come with nothing, I will throw a vase of clay to keep it in.
Jennifer Wheelock 2009
