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Dollars & Dreams

Mike Brennan

I’ve surrendered although I’ve
been framed by both the light and dark painted
illuminations
that broke through my flesh
like the tip of Seattle’s space needle

The sun setting resembles an alien peeking through the blinds
& the petals of roses have always reminded me
Of the lips surrounding your vagina

But that’s an entirely different matter &
My own unedited doctrine miraculously issues
Deeper diatribes than I tell you
For
I am
As endangered
As an albino buffalo

But my causes are imprisoned by their inconsistent effects &
The specter of our broken engagement
Feeds my hands hospital food with fork toothed spoons

I have placed myself on trial
Again & Again
To see how our drugs & insults blended
Into this sorcery always amounting to zero

& the empty houses
Dressed for the Holidays
Still somehow seem to
Emit no light

& the television is the only thing that they will never turn off
& there is nothing left to do but swallow another pungent pill
& hope to sleep without dreams
Because life is always easier when you have
Neither a dollar or a dream.

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