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Unmarked Bills, take Three

Posted January 7, 2000 18:15 | Category: Poetry Drafts | #

I got a letter from the bank today.
It was a ransom note.
They have kidnapped my livelihood.

They could snip out letters
From newspapers
And stick them together
On corporate letterhead.

They could demand unmarked bills
Placed in a brown leather briefcase
Left in a phone booth on Main Street

But they don't have to bother with all that;
They're the bank.
Their computer just spits it out --
Cold black letters
On stark white paper:

Correspondence from the untouchable proxy
Of my most dreaded,
Mortal enemy --
Myself.

(C) 2000 William R. Ward
All Rights Reserved
January 7, 2000, 12:45am

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Last updated: 09/19/2007 William R. Ward, bill@wards.net