Wednesday, February 15, 2012

For a meal

thirty-three percent pay cut
same job
same hours

she listens to
every
single table

going around
about money
jobs
and savings

constant reminders

that her husband hasn't
held a steady job
for three years

about to lose the house
and a beautiful daughter
finished with college...

she removes another plate
and thinks

no one tells you

it can go sideways
at any time

as
a plate shatters

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