RETAINER SWAP

Retainer Required




What amount will secure a soul?

Forgiveness slips on the laminate.




You return to my life a Victorian buggy,

clattering, passionate and nostrils wide.




"Love does not end even in death,

only becomes-"




"Becomes what?" You ask.




I am silent, throat frozen.

I know my own truth,

 but need to do

more backbends.




I read this poster where

three Marines died just after leaving

a neighborhood bar.

Jeremiah Callahan was twenty-three.

Christopher Arzola was twenty-one.

Jason Chleborad was twenty-two.




Please send their families the money.

Certitude hearts who loved, but

never had opportunity to marry.




Heroes sing from the diaphram.

The vibration trembles my lips.




Switch places, go back in time




Swap for a different future.