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Unmarked Bills, take Four

Posted August 8, 2000 02:13 | Category: Poetry Drafts | #

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

They could have snipped letters
From newspapers
And stuck them together
On corporate letterhead.

Or demanded unmarked bills
In a brown leather briefcase
Left in a phone booth
On Main Street.

But the bank doesn't have to do that.
Their computer just spits out
Letter after letter,
Demanding tribute

On behalf of my most dreaded,
Mortal enemy --
Myself.

(C) 2000 William R. Ward
All Rights Reserved
August 8, 2000, 2:15am

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