Alex Stolis
The Hum of Geometry; the Music of Spheres
4. You need interest income of $5,000. How much money must you
invest for one year at 7%?
(Give your answer to the nearest dollar)
You’ve become too thin. Your voice a reed,
your heart a beat away from forgetting.
I can’t die for you. I know you understand.
There is enough sin left to go around,
enough time to borrow a few hallelujahs.
Take my hand, we’ll re-learn what we meant
to each other. We’ll set ourselves on fire;
light the sky a thousand shades of blue.
You must invest $71,429
The thump bang jump of a bass line
that refuses to leave us in silence.
Us; two indifferences rigorously guarding
every touch we invented. I can’t remember
why you won’t call or why I still feel a need
to be chaste, or how we searched for hunger,
found comfort in counting forward
until the days started to grow longer.
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