11-09-2023, 08:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-09-2023, 08:42 PM by RiverNotch.)
she scribbles verses on the back of napkins,
leaves them for the waitstaff to collect:
her way of giving back to all the beggars
in her life, she knows that she'll be famous
soon. her bedroom shelves are nearly empty:
spaces for the medals she'll receive
for all the treasures she puts out for free
on Amazon, foremost, and then wherever
there are people who will come and read.
there is nothing else for her: she is,
with every ink-stained fiber of her being,
leaves them for the waitstaff to collect:
her way of giving back to all the beggars
in her life, she knows that she'll be famous
soon. her bedroom shelves are nearly empty:
spaces for the medals she'll receive
for all the treasures she puts out for free
on Amazon, foremost, and then wherever
there are people who will come and read.
there is nothing else for her: she is,
with every ink-stained fiber of her being,