black box instructions
by G. Keilan Rickard
to pry open my black box
& rummage through its
documents pull hard
on that crowbar
of yours.
inside is a drop file of
property taxes
paid in fool’s gold
until the mortgage got
so high it munched
through my solvency,
a passport, expired
like last month’s
sour cream,
& travel zine clippings
I stuffed between
a bourbon flask
& your picture.
take a long look
then suture it up
with booby traps
& duct tape
if you would.
please tuck it
out of sight & mind
you don’t leave out any
pieces of me you
never want
to see.
G. Keilan Rickard is a graduate student at Duquesne University, a poetaster in his spare time.