One Thing Leads to Another And

JEANNETTE NICHOLS

the chair
so placed requires
a table which consequently requires
as ashtray into which
the next visitor will put
ashes.

The room
somehow requires
a bed which blankly requires
blankets under which
a woman requires

a man to put out the light

which is
beside the bed
next to the chair
where the table was placed
just so the ashtray could receive
(before the light went out)
ashes.