air and flame

A cracked flame
By the window pane-

Banks eating 
Away what taxes don't-

Clothes in the wash
&
dirty slippers on my feet-

Books to my left
I've never read-

A book beneath me I 
Have smiled about
In my sleep-

Pictures about a boy
Who knows his girl-

Broken underwear in the
Was as
The dryer sits in 
Damp-warm air-

This,
As the flame and I
Tease the wind of 

Right now.