Philosophical Gibberish

What do you think about
radios and
cardboard boxes and
the quiet drip of leaky taps at night?
Tell me,
how do you feel about that?

When you look at
praying mantises and
music stands and
grazing white-tailed deer,
tell me,
what comes to your mind?

Take a moment and listen to
the clink of pans and
clucking red roosters and
my oboe’s whining tune.
Tell me,
what do they sound like?

All of these things –
emotions, sensations –
what do you think of them?
Of glasses with prisms and
dogs that need baths and
slippers and
prom dresses and
mobiles and
framed works of art.

Taxidermy deer heads and
broken Coke bottles.
Ottawa and
a ripped piece of paper.
Cats with sharp claws and
melted ice cream and
a half-glass of water
among other things.

How do you feel?
What comes to mind?
What do you think?
What words do you find?