Terms & Conditions

Every morning the same exact email arrives 

in an inbox cluttered with lofty thoughts

I’ll never have time to recover

Subject: Renewal of Lease 

According to the terms and conditions

listed therein

I’ve been given twenty-four hours to

stretch my back

change my clothes

feed my face

drain the tanks

wash my skin

keep my teeth from rotting out

go outside

join the fray

feed my face

again and again

and somehow manage to sleep 

at the end of it all

otherwise I will be evicted

from this home

in a matter of days

with no second chances,

blacklisted from any others