Throw-back Thursday!

A Poem by D.A. Powell from PLEIADES 20.2, Summer 2000

[the sad part of living is eating and dying]

the sad part of living is eating and dying
our dialogue breaks off mid-sentence

the bill arrives as a eulogy: itemized
everyone swallows a breathmint. repression

nevermind the cost: I’ll pick up your tab
you got the cab. these days green and folding.