Copyright © 2000 LeeAnn Heringer

sticker shock


my husband dean
has given up
answering the phone.
it's just another headhunter
selling another resume.
engineers as used cars.
they've all been somewhere
driven hard
and they've all got their reasons
for sitting on the 4 sale lot.

the young kid
who drove up today
in a bmw convertible,
4 years out of college,
for the position
of junior birdman
is supposed to be
a steal at $75,000
plus founder's stock.

dean's been there 13 years
of 20 hours days,
doesn't make that much.

he went to lay down
and made me promise
to get the phone.

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