GUT RENO
Serotonin Lit, May 2020

I hope you don’t have buyer’s remorse
for a house looking pretty good
when you signed the papers
worst case: some flaky grout

Only after months of padding around
learning the sounds of a fixer upper
did you find yourself lingering
on the same creaky board

Jump once
jump twice
you hit the dry rot

You’re not going to fire sale
but, if the right buyer
could put money down to fix it,
Well.