Poetry For

What is poetry for?
I'm talking about 
a cliche question
an overbeaten line.

The quest for meaning
and purpose in poetry
can only have heavy
whipping cream

in its whisky vibrations.
It's fatty and drunk enough
to be a younger me
at a sake-damp sushi bar

in a Manhattan basement
or a hillside Seattle dusk
with salmon collar and skin.

What is meaning for?
Purpose for?

These questions roost
on the wires
encouraging electricity

to keep flowing
from a fire 
to a home.