Fortune

i left you cracking up in the east river

like some river devil

both cruel and unusual

thick with gold and smoking

my friend

under the wire again

and by the way

you cost a fortune

and by the way

you cast a shadow today

i watched you crawling up through the leaf litter

you don't seem to need to breathe

unlike us oily, flimsy, cheap

thick with wonder bread

my friend

under the weather again

and by the way

you cost a fortune

and by the way

you cast a shadow today