2.04.2014

Debt

opinions are desires.

she pushes her cart,

a lumbering colossi,

under the birds

falling from the sky.


the case is pocked 

from climbing stairs 

the way a heart can ossify 

from word counts, 

placards reposted, 

a pyramid scheme of passwords:


her first pet, her first love, 

a marriage she took part in once

a man who's initials

combined with her birthday

unlocks the debt on her visa card


opinions are desires, she unlocks her case.

every ordinary day polished 

every dullard serialized.  And no one stays.

What happened to boredom? she thinks.  

What happened to a man 

who looked for you in the same old place

what happened to not knowing things, 

and dollar bills for the maids.

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