is spending money still
everything
both fun and not
so thoroughly embroiled in it
mechanized
a cog in the neighborhood
in the city in the state
in the country in the world
remember those children's books,
ZOOM? no words just drawings
zooming out and out and out
in the dark AM driving to work
Friday, soft day
all the dusty rectangular holes
that were chiseled in the
road on my commute route
for pipe maintenance? who knows
were filled will soft tar
driving over them finally
was like a bandaid
heart balm
for my emo soul
