Ana Krahmer
"I Know"
11/29/98

This poem is dedicated to those crazy guys of They Might be Giants. I wrote it because I browsed their website. Well, maybe I wrote it because I'm a fan. You could call this fanfic, or maybe fanpo. Hmm...

I know myself and who I am.
I know how I feel when I'm flying
On a bus with wings,
When I'm down kissing the ground,
Thanking it for its safety.

I know what happens when I eat
Any food whose taste I hate.
I wrinkle my nose when 
Avocado mush squishes in my teeth
Because I feel old and can't 
Quite cope with that.

I know myself and who I am.
I know myself, therefore
   I know you.

I am sometimes afraid of things
Aren't you?
I hate ice and heights and 
Closed-off spaces.
Shrinks give words to fears
But I don't play them out
Scientifically. 


I know myself and who I am.
I know myself, therefore
   I know you.

My first kiss?
Kissed me like a fish.
My first date?
Who replaced my hands with
Dripping Scotch Brites?
My first marriage?
I still can't talk about it.

I know myself and who I am.
I know myself, therefore
    I know you.