Originally published in Red Booth Review in April 2014. Available in both Ignore This Book: Songs of Discomfort and Treason Cantos: Poems 2014-2017.
The next day is always hard,
remembering chocolate pie
and the poem’s meaning,
trying not to lose your gifts:
a birthday suit extension,
a new morning gown,
a top-heavy woman’s top,
lukewarm coffee,
cut your hand shaving.
The computer is a tool
bred out from the earth
for higher purposes than
using the desire to lose.