Tag: economics

• helplines

  while she held on to my hand
  and whispered soothing words
  she had one eye on her car keys
  and a quick getaway

  there is no common currency here
  just rates of exchange
  that fluctuate wildly
  in different circumstances

  try calling the helpline she said
  there isn’t one I said
  well try calling anyway she said
  so I did
  many times
  many helplines

  fifteen of them

  [first posted Jan 2, 2016]

  01/01/2017

  communication, economics, help, helplines, illness, life, problems

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• interest

  it is easy to count grains

  in a store
  consider balances and deficits

  much harder to ignore
  misfortune

  pretend that nothing’s happened

  irregardless
  morning sun on the garage door

  finds a dance of rust flakes
  and so much more

  of interest

  08/03/2016

  debt, economics, garage, grain, morning, rust, sun

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