PIC PERFECT

When you go to the bathroom
leaving me alone in your room
since you don’t want me to disturb your room-mates
which is a little insulting
because I’m so charming
I sometime spend my time
investigating.

I devote most energy
to your photo albums
which really should be digitized
and if they are
you should really give me permission access
but it wouldn’t be as good
as seeing the shiny statements
of your early years
available only in sneaked seconds.

I don’t know if you’d forbid me
if you knew how I studied you
at fourteen,
eighteen,
twenty two
and twelve.
There were lots of cameras in your household,
weren’t there?

You were so excited
by so much.
You adventured
and still do, I know,
since only the daring
would waste time with me.

It’s the daring spirit
that keeps me exploring
in your apartment
when you abandon me
for your frequent pit stops.
I want to find your undiscovered country
and invade it.
I want to experience
all you have hidden
though if it bothers you
you never have to know.