tapping out prosody with an
empty tank – haha, this is
how Orwell felt in Paris.
the laugh must be forced.
bread and wine and cigarettes.
there is money for nothing
else. paper, a pen, maybe.
if not, one can always use blood,
soot from last week’s fire,
grime from the rind of a cheese.
there is a way; god knows all I have is will