riff

heartbreak guitar
plays in the background of a
tuesday afternoon
bending strings
simple-like

outside: snow is thawing
drip drip drip (gutter tap)
i skipped class again,
lagged behind the rest,
that i might listen
to the turning of laundry in the drier
scraping hot buttons, faded jeans
wrapped in dysthymia

a note that will ring

while the people upstairs
walk in high heels and heavy feet

move along