Sep 10
WE HAVE CASH TO BUY YOUR UGLY HOUSE if you will sell it.
Someone has a truck for sale, but don’t know how to spell it.
Handy numbers you can call when time is of the essence,
Babysitting, frisbee golf, guitar and banjo lessons.
Pups and kittens, ducks and chickens, rabbits, goats, and horses:
Sacrifices offered up to economic forces.
Business cards for people trapped in dying occupations—
Quiet cries for help disguised as friendly affirmations.
Someone has a truck for sale, but don’t know how to spell it.
Handy numbers you can call when time is of the essence,
Babysitting, frisbee golf, guitar and banjo lessons.
Pups and kittens, ducks and chickens, rabbits, goats, and horses:
Sacrifices offered up to economic forces.
Business cards for people trapped in dying occupations—
Quiet cries for help disguised as friendly affirmations.
Copyright 2024 Benjamin Daniel Lukey. "The Message Board" and other poems by this author can be found in What We Leave, a new collection now available in paperback or on your Kindle device.
