Fred Voss
Cognac
We take
lottery
jackpot lucky dimes
in gutters concertos
by Bach come round on cheap radios
set on windowsills looking out at lit
1928 zinc roofs erect
nipples
of our wives we take
Citizen Kane
on tv a full moon
on our arms through the bedroom window blinds as we
kiss we
take our wages that barely keep a roof over our heads
and the smell
of the sea at dawn as a wildflower blooms
on our balcony lines
by Whitman
in the public library the old man
fallen on the sidewalk we must help
cross the street
to the clinic we take
the roll
of the waves the beat
of the heart the shine
of the star the dented
brass bell of the trumpet in a thrift store
window the rose
in the cheek of the little girl laughing
at the tail
of a cat and all
the riches
of this world no one else
needs.
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