Tuesday, May 2, 2023

forty dollars.

My words flee like a murder scene,
no one wants to be found
near the body.

Jack thinks he can make it on his own
with forty dollars in his pocket
and a bad attitude,
so he leaves too.

I'm left holding the bag in a foreign land and
my tongue feels heavy, itching to speak
syllables that mean nothing to me.

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