notes on the budget spending of $1 million

$400,000
world peace: anger management classes for the middle east;
family counseling for everyone else

a five course meal for the kids on the street corner,

the dissemination of nuclear
knowledge: we are guests in this house

a paper crane factory, where they release our
bottled dreams like songbirds
& we'll smile, teeth or not

$255,000
silence: a minute of everyone's time, reevaluating the value
of intentional inertia

the reestablishment of earthen infrastructure, grounded
in the support of baby steps
(to rise from the crawl)

$152,500
fresh flowers for the broken hearted lovers, a keg
for every funeral

a cape for the kids who think they can fly, a new pair of track
spikes for the ones who think they can't

$110,750
public library chains in the forest, in alpine tree houses

self guided tour services for the unspecified oblivion, refunds
if you ask nicely

$77,250
a getaway car with a full tank of kerosene, as on fire as your heart
to take the scenic route,

find places far from home to get lost in

$4,500
a trip to the corner store for a soda pop
& to read the people's paradigm in the daily paper

only to look up at the bare naked
wall:

             cash not accepted
          you pay with your souls



                                                     we're priceless