Why I Sleep With a Dictionary
When she asked me why I slept with a dictionary under my pillow,
I asked my girlfriend what she would do
if dictionaries didn’t exist and she told me
“Baby, that’s why we’ve got Google”
but sweetheart, I said
Google can't help me
on a deserted island
with no wi-fi or phone charger
when I’m trying to ask airline passengers
as they fly overhead to
rescue me
using only rocks
and palm leaves.
This poem is about:
Me