fire

from a brass penny
an ocean swell of riches.
penny for your thoughts.

almighty dollar.
why hast thou forsaken me?
fill my skinny alms.

teeth behind the smile.
veneer of civility.
faded and yellow.

the drawn out anger.
the thick fog of mute silence.
unthreading marriage.

tucked in the corner
of the green mossy forest.
creeping square of sun.

lost in the wasteland
some call winter’s wonderland.
hell freezing over.