Poem
From the magazine:Temptation
By Alice Pettway
The blades of grass are writhing
their torsos,
sexualized
unnecessarily.
The people are uninterested
in …
their torsos,
sexualized
unnecessarily.
The people are uninterested
in …
Category
Money & Economics
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- Poem
From the magazine:Deep Thoughts at Ulta Beauty
By Sasha PearlI went to Ulta Beauty to buy perfume
I was horny and I wanted the universe inside my nose
The lit shelves… - Poem
From the magazine:Barq’s Root Beer
By Ashley Warnercarbonated water, high-rise between your momma and your daddy people, neutral ground, caramel in the… - Poem
From the magazine:Two Bills
By Phil Kayeand yes it does beg
the question why
a nine-year-old needs
two twenty-dollar bills still
sticky and … - Poem
From the magazine:As Capitalism Gasps for Breath I Watch the Knicks Game
By Yesenia Montilla& I immediately think of Cheryl, her Malik, his beloved
obsession with the team’s orange & blue, a sunset… - Poem
From the magazine:Manuel Sánchez. Our Demand
By Lis SanchezAt the gangway, our demand was a straw pava.
We wore our demand jauntily cocked across our skull.
So what… - Poem
From the magazine:Lay It Bare
By Anders Carlson-WeeI know you’re hungry for it.
More money. More news. Desperate
for any laurel that parades you
as happier… - AudioPoetry Off the ShelfPerry Janes on Hollywood, ego, and trying not to break his NDA.
- Poem
From the magazine:
According to the Study
By Erin BelieuThe rich report greater levels of happiness,
& the study goes on to demonstrate
how we humans use money to save... - Poem
From the magazine:
Redeem
By Rosalie MoffettThe sun was losing
a long gold tooth
on the linoleum
of the labor and delivery ward.
I lifted my plastic bracelet to the green eye
of the barcode gun and it sang
the first note
of money’s national anthem.
Redeem, a word with its feet
in the cement...