cracking voice
i lied to my friends
to borrow the money
but i think it was worth it
so i could hire the contractors
and seamstresses necessary
to shorten my pants and shirtsleeves
a centimeter at a time
and sand the rims
of my drinking glasses
and sides of my toilet bowl
overnight
so i can at least pretend
that i'm growing too big
for this all.
*Morgan Shnier is a poetry student at the University of Arizona. He is a big fan, conceptually, of dogs. Several of his poems will be in the October/November 2011 issue of Milk Sugar.