the day they walked out
closed the door for the last time
boxes on a truck
carried their memories away
with the American dream
I can no longer afford
what my folly has purchased
Return not an option
—my bank account dry
(Dreamsleep: December, 2020)
"No later than December third,"
The voice rapped out each icy word.
He stared as if he hadn't heard
just what that ordinance inferred.
Then something deep inside him stirred
his ire, and his vision blurred.
"You've got two weeks," the voice proffered.
"I understand," the man concurred.
Then as in theater of the absurd,
His desperate plight had registered.
And to his heart without a word
The agony of times occurred.
A crumpled, broken, lifeless bird
He paid in full before the third.
Financial difficulty
Overextended credit
Reach out for assistance
Employment hardships
Counseling is free to all
Let us help you avoid a foreclosure
Our knowledge is extensive
Successful alternatives are available
Under water homes can be short sales
Reinstatement, Modification, Forbearance
Every foreclosure is an opportunity for a new beginning!
The letter arrived in the mailbox
As icing upon the cake
While she knelt beside his headstone
Arranging the flowers she did take
It was stuck between new medical bills
That have mounted over the year
Lifesavings depleted by the cancer
That ate away at her husband dear
The house in which they raised their children
And compiled thousands of memories
Was mortgaged to pay the doctors
And has become another casualty
Banks have no compassion
Just numbers on a ledger sheet
The foreclosure letter awaits her now
To make her year tragically complete
The farmer’s plans bilked
Orchard spider making silk....
Red colored sour milk
Pondering on the thought of dictation spread quickly through my brain.
Being overseer of such a world as this is frowned upon.
Within it such turmoil and desperation.
Everyone being needy of desires that are untouchable.
None with moral standards whatsoever.
It is highly unlikely you could find such a world.
Without mayhem and chaos.
One at peace, harmony, and tranquility.
Acquiring such would be a tremendous achievement.
Though no one has gone far enough to try.
The world is coming about to the brink of its own destruction,
an end to all that is known and will be.
For one nation sought power over the rest,
and in doing so may find more than bargained for.
empty dairy barn
long grasses hide memories
store bought milk tastes sad
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