Pocket Watch
I bought the gold plated Colibri
in the Old Capitol Mall
in Iowa City when I was junior
back in eighty-three
It set me back a couple
of week’s wages
—notwithstanding inflation
Now over forty years later
the little gem is missing
& I’ve got my usual suspects—
they know who they are
april two thousand twenty-five
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