Ode to the Replacements

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This is breakfast:
The apple (only Granny Smith will do)
must be cut precisely in half
then quartered
the eighthed
segments separate
sugar sprinkled
eaten so slowly the white flesh browns
before half way through.

Pills swallowed without water
stick in my throat.
I feel them choking me
throughout the day
despite many attempts to flush them out.
Will they work lodged there?
The microscopic multi-colored balls
trapped, undissolved in wafer thin casing
jammed in fleshy pink tissue.

Imprisoned in a car two hours a day
gives one too much time to contemplate
the stupidity of the average American driver.
One swift blow to the head
is all I want
not so hard to cause damage
but enough to make me forget.
Lately I've taken to driving fast
without a seat belt.

And the bills ever-present await me
starched white envelopes
long and crisp
scattered on hardwood floor
accumulate like dirty dishes
out of site atop the fridge.
Like death
I can't see them
but I know they're there.

He's threatened to leave me
tired of the silent stares.
Never knowing with whom he'll awake.
I can relate-
I'd leave me too if I were him.
As it is I've no choice really
but to listen to the 'Mats on 10
and be thankful
for small pleasures.

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