In settlement of the following

In settlement of the following 

Hopefully, things get 

paid for. Rice and chicken

and canned tuna. And

all the sins that people are

too tired to count.

How are things still running?

Well, machines are 

made that way. No

one asks an electric

fan if it’s been working

too hard. You switch it on. 

You switch it off.

You don’t ask things

if they can go on.

There is no full or 

partial fulfillment 

for the sum of 

epiphanies 

or despair. 

What is any 

of this

worth? 

It’s so hard

to write

this receipt.

September 16, 2020

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