i spent my last thirty cents
on a can of coke from the
twenty-year-old vending machine
that you have to smack a few times
to get what you pay for.

and yet here i sit, writing
instead of making any money.

at least the coke is refreshing.

07/09/2007

Author's Note: draft.

Posted on 07/10/2007
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