‘Government Cheese’
from ‘Better Than A Gun In A Knife Fight’, Punk Hostage Press, 2012
Government Cheese
she lived on the wrong side of the tracks
and was always crossing over
one way or the other
she hated the smell of her life
and the taste of lies
and the sound of confessions
and the way it all looked
over her shoulder
as she crossed the tracks
going away from it
and especially
looking straight at it
on her way back home
usually early in the morning
when no one would notice
her coming and going
until one day it caught up
with her
and she choked to death
on a moldy toast
and government
cheese sandwich
and she made it
to the tracks
before collapsing dead
not quite on any
side, but more
in the middle
of it all
