Cost

Not a sou,

cent or centime.

Sans souci. No sweat,

no sense, no shoes,

no shirt, no service. No servants or slaves.

Out of work, hors d'oeuvres.

Serviettes, service for six,

settings.

Not a sou, Cinderella,

not heaven scent or scent

(White Shoulders).

Skins vs. shirts.

Sweats, sweat pants,

sweaters,

exude,

extrude,

expense.

**

Catherine Daly's books
include DaDaDa and Locket, forthcoming from Tupelo
Press. She lives in Los Angeles.

Archived at http://lit.konundrum.com/poetry/dalyc_poems.htm