Flat Lands
Paul Hadella

she handed me the slip.
nothing personal
like it usually goes
it's just that
money keeps us smoking
& she found
a part-
time job
scraping crust
off tourist
platters. i was sorry

to see her
scrap metal
leather
wardrobe
soldier
surplus puss
& boots

go. oh someone's
in for a dale
carnegie nightmare
the first time
he pulls a boss
number on her.

ISBN 1-882983-35-1
28 pages/$6