it's time for quarterly reports and
the guys who play with giant
toy trains are
tightrope walking on the old rails
during spring reporting.
the public is all a-bubble
there's “an over-expenditure
with the debt service.”oooooh!
“I don’t think it’s horrible.
I think we’re getting it
paid off.” ahhhhh!
and down the road Old Jim
grumbles about
turning the county into
box car parking: "git
the dang things
the dang things
away from my house, I can't
sell it with that trash there."
but just like every spring-
for sale signs pop all
over the county
like morels and calf's brains.
maybe
the tourists won't notice,
and maybe
they'll overpay.
hope springs. boxcars
and bettors settle.
hope springs. boxcars
and bettors settle.
