wish i were rich

they say money can’t buy you happiness

rubbish!

poppycock!

what a load of shit!

do you know all i could do, if i were rich?

i’d travel

see the world

run my fingers along its edges

run along its plateaus

run through its great fields

along the sand in the cold

oh yes

buy me the moonlight in the night sky, that makes the ocean glow

buy me that time i played in the snow, and nearly froze

buy me the leaves that fell on the floor of the woods last autumn

buy me the first audiobook i heard while in the car with my father

buy me the scent of the museum i went to when i was five

buy me the first stuffed toy i lost, and cried

oh yes

i’d get to buy everything

i’d get to do everything

see all there is to see

do all there is to do

draw all i could draw

until my hands were dry and raw

oh yes

buy me the hand lotion left for me in my stocking on christmas

buy me the first song i ever heard, and listen

listen

buy me lots of clocks

i like to hear them tick

their hands running along their faces, while their laughter sounds

tick tick tick

laugh all you want

i wouldn’t worry then

because then

i’d be rich

oh yes

call me a selfish bitch

but god

if time is money, i wish i were rich

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(2021)