about the weather
should you pack a sweater?
how there’s no money in the till
your career is still

You can talk
about your drinks
how you're on the brink
the sun over the horizon
unpaid bills from Verizon

You can talk
about your brain-damaged son
your problems weigh a ton
how you don't like showing your body to men
but how you'll do it again

You can talk
about how your husband's out of work
you can't do the twerk
none buy your books
you're losing your looks

You can talk
while the neighbor hammers
through your broken grammar
the birds making a raucous
Ah! **** this!