Less Is More

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. - Thoreau

prince of the dumpster dive

newly ordained king of the high five

in an under-the-radar sneak attack

low riding pants exposing an old, fissured crack

i'll never forget that heavy, leaden day

made so much lighter and brighter on the path of a fresh, radical way

pensively standing there, rubbing your scratch ticket

all that you owed me presenting a bit of a sticky wicket

erupting with newfound possibilities

an opportunity to eradicate old hostilities

worn, pounding humdrums losing an old life's dreary beat

the fragilely, licked lips of parvenu oh so sweet

neither wanting to ever look nor go back

a new life without want or lack

too bad it all ended so soon

with a massive heart attack

Author's Note

"O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment." - Thoreau

Reviews

[willweb]

One man's trash...I am floored each time I walk into a convenience store and see discarded losing scratch off tickets littering the ground...what I see are dollar bills laying in the parking lot. But I guess that is how they fuel their dreams though hardly none of them ever get there. Very creative my friend,

[Pete]

thanks ww. i too am floored ... i swear, old ladies are the worst and they can get nasty according to which way the winds of fortune or misfortune happen to be blowing (mostly breezes to nowhere). don't even get me started on tossed nip bottles, sometimes i think the name of my town is "fireball" ... :)

[andrew mitchell]

Less is more, more or less. Sorry excuse the pun I couldn’t help myself. Well written Pete, the plight of the homeless is a sad one for us and just an ordinary day of survival for them poor souls. Interesting fact some years ago which was triggered by you mentioning dumpster and heart attack was many people have a heart attack brought on by the strain of doing a number 2. Got to keep those fluids up! At the time it was up there with the number one killers. Business as usual , they say!

[Pete]

you really are too much. when i wrote this, i smiled and thought to myself this is the kind of write that andrew would appreciate. the plight of the homeless serious business for sure but i'm amazed at all the people i see playing the lottery (old ladies, kids the homeless and on and on) - they actually talk about the jackpots on the news along with the winners and asking them how they would or will spend it. peace my brother from a land down under ... :)