"before winedrunk" poem of the day 10.04.13

hello all

this last little poem thus ends "before winedrunk" week.
thank you all for putting up with the ancient ramblings of a crappy poet
while i muscled through a ton of revisions this week.  i have a novel due
out entitled, The Librarian.  the main character, Randall Wyndham is featured
in a new short story at Rind Literary Magazine.  The novel is due out in late December.

anyway....here's a little Pocket Change from 1995 to close out this
"blast from the past."

pocket change

broke

and as broke as america wants

me to be

like allen ginsberg standing on street corners

with only pocket change

eating and drinking my last dollar

in the form of two bagels

and a coffee refill

broke

and still convinced i’ve got pride enough

to care completely for myself

hence the struggling, pulling match with mary

in a clothing store

over a yellow summer shirt

that she wanted to buy for me

broke

and as sick as i’ve been

in the last two years

in a beating sweat on a cold spring day

splattering my last gulp of coffee

on the pavement

and hoping kris collins will round the corner.

                                                                        03.22.1995