My family is the world
in miniature. Stop!
Turn it around: the world
is a house full of oddies

whom I fortunately don't see often
but would miss at a party
if we are not complete
because my heart is open

my chambers are empty
enough to receive
and my mouth isn't spilling over
to fill guests

with gaudy conceitedness
Come, cousins
ignorant of who you are
and meet each other