Change, Please? by Jasen Sousa

Change, Please?

He holds the stack of loot sideways, cannot

even look at the green faces that are

drowning in his nervous palms as he walks

to the spot to go shopping. Cabinets

are empty because he ate his way out

of his home and ended up in a strange

place where the shelves are stocked with long aisles

of the sweetest ingredients you could

ever imagine. But today he’s sick, sick

from the same meal he has been eating all

month. He scratches, shakes, he shivers, he sweats,

and keeps moving, holding onto his change.

First Published

Somewhere Lost

Library of Congress

Cataloging in Publication Data

ISBN 978-0-9714926-7-7

Jasen SousaJune 11, 2014Comment