Helicopter sweep
Gas in the sheets
Stomach’s talking
Pen’s calling
Bladder’s filling
Roaches crawling
Crack deals humming
Yard sales not selling
Chicken bone — homeless
Grey cat kissin’ egg yolk
Lickings and pickings
Dumpster open
Cans collected
Kid called collect
Said No 9 to 5
Copped a typewriter
100 buck dream
Cafe income
5 dollar anxiety
Starvin’ on scones
Sweeping up crumbs
Wet pennies under mats
Copping unholy tip jar
Leaving the door ajar
Stirring up anger
Cutting up fear
Pouring some dreams but mostly air
Chopping up the sad parts
Wiping up tears
Biscotti braggarts
Actors who can’t act
Models who can’t eat
Posers posing
Music distracting
Pseudo poetry beat
Readers not doers?
Thinkers not be’ers?
Cuz the leaking pipes are asking…
*c,1992,1994, reprinted 66 Laps, #ASCAP 2018
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