take it or leave it
take it or leave it
it’ll have to do:
a burnt grilled cheese
the last beer, hot
the rusted-out pickup
on the mortgaged farm
however many days you have left–
knowing
whether you spend them alone
or not
isn’t up to you
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The imagery in the first few lines evokes this sense of inevitability and the last few, truth.
“Burnt grilled cheese” and “last beer, hot” got to me.