Hard Times
Bankruptcy
The lustrous rosette
of jade growing
on a quarter-slice
wedge of lemon
is proof bad things,
at times, go right.
That a failed state can be
a pleasing sight.
Liabilities
Tied with string,
a tumbleweed
of decommissioned
twigs is taking
a dry run at being
yesterday’s thing.
Then what? Life raked
clear, losses cut.