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Unmarked Bills, take Two

Posted October 25, 1999 20:42 | Category: Poetry Drafts | #

I got a letter from the bank today.
It was a ransom note.
They have kidnaped my livelihood,
Subverting my earning power
For their own profits.

They don't demand unmarked bills
Placed in a brown leather briefcase
Left in a phone booth on Main Street
(No cops!)

They don't even bother snipping out
Letters from newspapers
And sticking them together
On corporate letterhead.

My time, my happiness, my hopes, my dreams
Are now forfeit.
The bank acts as untouchable proxy
For my most dreaded,
Mortal enemy --
Myself.

(C) 1999 William R. Ward
All rights reserved.
October 25, 1999 20:42

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