DETACHED

The white
two story
house on
a small hill
which is
its grassy yard
more windows than
my apartment
building
with an iron
black fence all
around.

I don't live there!
I've never lived there!
I'll never live there!
I'm not rich enough
to live there!
I'll never be rich enough
to live there!
They won't let me live
there!
I don't dare ask
to live there!
I can never live there!

© Don "Kingfisher" Campbell

Commentary:

I felt a little pain over my station of birth, when compared to the obvious prejudices the wealthy enjoy. I had a friend who was in her forties, who lived at home (she was divorced and didn't work), and I got to see her take for granted things like, shopping for $8.00 sandwiches, getting an exotic bed of dark greens in her salad (was iceberg in her vocabulary?) and being able to retreat upstairs to fax and use her computer. But, I can laugh at it, really. No matter how much money you have, you can't escape problems (but you do have more dinero to throw at them).

Don "Kingfisher" Campbell
Bonfire contributor