Plastic Living

Plastic Visas

clicking on plastic countertops

and maxed out Mastercards

slid into cashiers hands

don't mean so much to me.

American Express

asking for my payment plan

while we reassure each other

of something that will never happen

doesn't make me bat an eye.

The mortgage on my house

is an aesthetic implication

of ownership

that disappears with the ignition of paper.

The greenbacks are in the air burning

and I'm eating the embers.