BRADLEY STEFFENS

I Phone

I wish I were

your mobile phone.

I would look

into your eyes

each time you held me

and, knowing

your features

from every other

human face,

would give you

permission

to search inside me

until you find

whatever it is

you need.

Bradley Steffens is the author of two novels, seventy-three nonfiction books for young adults, and dozens of poems.