yu cud rent a large apartment
4 150.00 amonth n dew 1
reeding a month if thats th
way bookings wer that month

n pay th whol rent with it n
now its a thousand per month
min th rent n yu know th incum
isint that much highr thn it usd 2
b 4 who shane askd

whn love boat was on an
appul was 15 cents
now its a dollr fitee

whn love boat was on it was
b4 big psychologikul problems
wher shane askd agen

whn love boat was on evn we
didint like that show things wer
bettr reelee agen he askd 4 who

whn life boat was on yu cud go 4
a walk n not get skard who cud
shane askd

whn love boat was on yu cud eezilee
go 2 mexico yu cud mor eezizlee
go anee wher who he askd who

whn life boat was on
we didint know how luckee
we wer evn we ar luckee 2day
evreething was cheepr thn
n in sew manee wayze bettr
th futur is alwayze mor xpensiv
shane sd nothing 4 evreewun
evn now is bettre thn is going 2 b
i askd yes shane sd shane

is awsum n veree inspiring n
addid th futur will alwayze b
mor diffikult 4 manee n nevr
eezeer 4 manee th ekonomik
limits uv nostalgia n 4 sumwun
mor diffikult how yu thin can
shape how yu bhave xsept 4 floods
erth quakes supr storms n plots
uv th ruling class against us thats
what i was saying shane sd

me 2 i sd sew lukilee th futur is
now why sew much ironee 2day
shane askd its th supr moon

i saw it moov in2 gaint bldg
next door n not cum out th
othr side n ths is haunting me
evr sins i sd thats an optical
illusyun shane sd it lookd reel 2
me i sd considr how it lookd 2
homeless peopul who hadint

eatn 4 dayze maybe nothing was
bettr 4 them b4 evr thats who ium
talking abt he sd i know i sd

Originally published in White Wall Review 41 (2017)