finances

it is okay
to disinvest.
look, I will do it, too, so you're not alone.

take back one more penny,
for the pile next to my bed.
one more today,
maybe two tomorrow.
three, four.

till slowly,
this house becomes a shell,
with no warmth to hold it,
and crackles when the wind blows,
shuddering into dust,
and swept over the hills.