.gainful.employment.

It would seem that I am once again gainfully employed!
Building bikes, cashing checks, turning tricks.

Maybe I can afford a new deck soon.
or rent.

on the way home

i tried to keep my eyes open while
overpass signs blurred by.

tell me where to go and
i won't ask how.

trees with broken
backs hunch and lurch

for the road--
miserable.

like anything
could save us now