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[thisnewday]

perhaps a memory

yesterday,
i handed my wife
the very last dime
of my ready cash:
i needed to buy
my computer
some memory
so it could draw
straight lines
and things;

it was the last
of what i had
and i had carried it
around for weeks
feeling it
gradually melt
into worn,
black leather,

or maybe
it was chewed
by pocket mice
into those
nests you
sometimes find
at the very bottom
of turned-out pockets;

and all the while
i thought i'd buy
a book, maybe,
a cd, something,
to feed my own head
to keep alive
a worthwhile phrase,
perhaps
a memory...

LPK
10.6.6 (b)