Money
in the bank
should be
so profound?
I slide this
marker’s tip
over the
paper, ma
king things
squeal.
Then there’s
the sizzle
of the bacon
off the pig
who was my
neighbor.
It came from
the butcher
next to the
corner store.
I bought
each slice
with this
jar’s once-
clanging
change
last night
before the
cash hit
the bank
with a clank
clankity
clank, my
money
in the
bank.
