A Sort of Chess

We don’t need anything
You need, and we’re pretty
Sure neither do you. You,

Of course, feel like you need.
You talk and you talk, or
You watch and you watch, or

You read and you read, then
Sometimes you touch. Not much.
Yes, we know—food, shelter,

Sleep. We know you need those.
You are nothing unique
In your animal needs.

We mean the things you think
You need, like us, meaning,
Thinking, conversation,

Something you can believe.
We’ve got all of these things
Which we don’t really need,

And we’re starting to think
Maybe you don’t either,
Since we’re starting to think.