first will and testament
BY SAM SAX
will work for dollars for cents
for scratch bones pounds pence penance
sense shekels sentence shelter bread.
four times three bucks an hour
four hours a day four days a week
for the rest of my life
will sell knives will pyramid scheme will dress nice
will call during dinner will door to door will carry a knife
will work for peanuts for pine nuts for pineapple and cashew
will work for you for less than you pay others to do
will work force will force out will overseas
will nonprofit will not profit
wont trade but will eat for free
will burroughs will suck for skrill
will test pills will fuck for money
will call good will will drink on job
will of drunk god will lift for tips will pay check
wont background check will shakespeare
will faulkner wont dress appropriate
wont pass on purpose will laundry and transit
will work for store credit for college credit
for credit card necklaces
will you have anything else with that sir?
will work for a laugh a smile a blow job
an hour an asshole an alibi
will work for change
willblakewillpoemwillspokewillyeats
willsmokewillcoldwillbankswillbroke
will fold the will of a drunk god into my bones
though none of it
will work
for me
will work for dollars for cents
for scratch bones pounds pence penance
sense shekels sentence shelter bread.
four times three bucks an hour
four hours a day four days a week
for the rest of my life
will sell knives will pyramid scheme will dress nice
will call during dinner will door to door will carry a knife
will work for peanuts for pine nuts for pineapple and cashew
will work for you for less than you pay others to do
will work force will force out will overseas
will nonprofit will not profit
wont trade but will eat for free
will burroughs will suck for skrill
will test pills will fuck for money
will call good will will drink on job
will of drunk god will lift for tips will pay check
wont background check will shakespeare
will faulkner wont dress appropriate
wont pass on purpose will laundry and transit
will work for store credit for college credit
for credit card necklaces
will you have anything else with that sir?
will work for a laugh a smile a blow job
an hour an asshole an alibi
will work for change
willblakewillpoemwillspokewillyeats
willsmokewillcoldwillbankswillbroke
will fold the will of a drunk god into my bones
though none of it
will work
for me
SAM SAX lives in the Bay Area and performs at various literary and educational events. He is the 2011 Oakland grand slam champion and a member of the 2010 San Francisco slam team. His poems are a speakeasy accordion dueling with an audience of amphetamized wind chimes. He runs p oetry mission: the new shit show , a bi-monthly reading series aimed at producing new writing.
