“Man in Chair with Beer” by Duane Hanson, 1973

That other voice calls
From your fiberglass throat,
Look-alike in wifebeater.

Or it comes from your forehead
Telepathic, like an alien
Just home from work.

And this here is no voice
But rather a picture of you
Rising from polyester.

And I think that I’m really you
Approximately, as your endless
End of the day approximates me.

But did you crack open that beer
Just before I got here?

I will do
The listening, beautiful,
Tired statue.