From “from my window” [“I like you”]

By Jos Charles
i

I like you
am a gen
re of ass
embled
affecti
ons I
want 
a wo
rld l
ike y
ou or
dered by
sediment 
I want to be good 
I want to know there is 
a measure of what is still good 
that I can know or not know and by kno
wing or not knowing exempt myself from what I want 

Notes:

“Not Too Hard to Master” is a series of poets writing on form and sharing a prompt. Read Jos Charles’s essay “that which joins and that which divides: on re-spelling” and her writing prompt.

Source: Poetry (July/August 2026)