Rent man's paid
insurance man's gone
lights back on
refrigerator's full
no more hungry mouths
to feed, and
Auntie Mable is over
wid' a fifth of
Orange Jubilee
lil' bra' got tennis shoes
sistah sporting weave
mama's boogie-woogie
twisting her hips, and
daddy played his number
93-6
It's the first of the month
neighbor got robbed
postman was shot
three masked hoodlums
living on
the wild
two got caught
everybody whispering
another found dead
nobody listening
It's the first of the month
like we give a damn
--Jeffrey Forrest Grice
From Razorwire 97, a journal of poetry and prose from writing workshops in Nevada prisons,$5 at local bookstores or from Community Chest, P.O. Box 8876,
Reno, NV 89507.
Copyright © 1997, Great Basin News Service
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