Contract

Couldn’t we have an agreement?
You can compose pieces of text
You never to show to anyone,

While everyone acknowledges
That you’re the writer of these texts,
An impressive and worthwhile task,

Without ever having to read
Or to like them, or know about
Their contents. Good job all around—

There’s the writer, so impressive,
We don’t have to look into it.
The writer doesn’t need readers,

Not even those readers who write.
The writer just writes every night.