John Hegley

I need You


I need you like a bully needs to boast.
I need you like a ocean needs coast.
I need you like a doggy needs a lamppost.
I need you like a copper needs a crook.
I need you like a cranny needs a nook.
I need you like a lookalike needs somebody to look like.
I need you like a zoo needs a giraffe.
I need you like a psycho needs a path.
I need you like King Arthur needed a table, that was more than just a table for one.



I need you like a novel needs a plot
I need you like the greedy need a lot.
I need you like a hovel needs a certain level of grottiness to qualify.
Like acne needs spottiness.
I need you, oh yes I do.



Like a calender needs a week.
Like a colander needs a leek.
Like humans need to seek out what life on Mars is.
Like hospitals need vases.



I need you like a kiwi needs a fruit.
I need you like a wee-wee needs a root.
Out of the body.
I need you like Noddy needed small ears.
Just for the contast.
I need you like bone needs marrow.
I need you like straight needs narrow.
I need you like the broadest bean needs something else on the plate before it can participate, in what you might describe as a decent meal.



I need you like a cappuccino needs froth.
I need you like a candle needs a moth.
If it's gunna burn it's wings off.