the crackerjack reality of it all
a strawberry blonde
eyes of jade
runs a smile over me
like I have a deep
sense of self
worth
more than most
maybe know something that even
the cricket’s don’t
she tells me I look like her
ex
to a fucking-T
could be his twin really
but seems like you
got it together
upstairs
something more than just
packing peanuts
told her
I have 30 yrs
of burned out filaments
and
wire shorts
up there
so the
possibility of being
two of the same
and
one of many
is closer to fact
than fiction
doubt it
she says
takes my deposit
two 20s and a 5
and pulls up my acct
that smile
seconds ago
drops
below zero
tells me I’ve overdrawn
3 times
in the last
3 days
told you
I said
and
walk back outside
into
the crackerjack reality
of it all
zen like
with a deeper sense of self worth
more than most
-
Ernie Culver is 30 years old and lives in Albuquerque, NM. Just recently started writing again from a 10 year hiatus. As of yet, his poems have only appeared in Mad Swirl.
