bankrupt.

let’s not call it a

decision. no,

it’s a necessity,

i fear. 

blinded,

i thought i’d 

kept us alive,

but i’ve found the

only thing left,

lingering, was my own

distress. 

“a lot of people do this,”

she said, “we’re not

the first.” 

no, i think, 

she’s not the first at all.