Expecting Modification

She wants clarity.
She wants precision.

He wants mayhem.
He wants ventilation.

They want a hamburger.
They want rain.

We want repetition.
We want coercion.

You want the unexpected.
You want restoration.

It wants restraint.
It wants the superlative.

I want me.
I want us.

Repetition

Whenever we do it I feel better.
Whenever we do it he feels better.
Whenever I do it I feel better.
Whenever he does it he feels better.
Whenever he does it I feel better.
Whenever I do it he feels better.
Whenever we do it we feel better.  

Sally Van Doren is the author of two books of poems, Possessive (LSU Press 2012) and Sex at Noon Taxes (LSU Press 2008), which received the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets.  Her poems have appeared recently or are forthcoming in december, Pool, South Carolina Review, 2River,and Cape Rock.