This Day II


started sobbing
and heaving
dripping snot
on her chest

began a fight
with her
still standing
in the shower

risked rejection
by reaching
across the console
for her hand

everything bagel
yum yum
coffee in my
tum tum

moderate race
to therapy
arriving
two minutes late

debating a
fifty dollar bag
versus
a five dollar combo meal

my new bag
equals
ten burgers, ten fries,
and ten sodas


April 21, 2006

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