Tea for You, Too

Ron Padgett

My friends,
I want to tell you
that in general things
are all right with me,
relatively speaking.
Just a second, here’s Einstein
asking where the tea is.
I reassure him
it will be ready soon,
relatively speaking,
as he shuffles back
to the room that holds him,
with plenty of space
for that cup of tea,
even though the cup
is twelve feet in diameter,
about the same size
as my thinking of you
this morning.