Sunday, May 17, 2020


APOCALYPSE DOLLARS*

I just want to celebrate another day of livin’
I just want to celebrate another day of life—Rare Earth

While good feng shui-ing
My home
By tossing 20-year detritus
I find a pack of cigarettes
Haven’t smoked in decades
But I think
“Currency!”
Something to swap
For a loaf of bread
In case
In case the apocalypse
Descends upon us
Cigarettes for a loaf of bread
To keep me alive
An extra day
Seriously, Clarissa…?

© 2020 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE:  Collecting Currency

*Confessional poet/ reveals a moment/ of the darkness in her mind 😊

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