The Intimacy of Preparing A Ledger for Taxes
dizzyingly detrimental to the soul
quantifying the energetic exchange of creativity
numbers in a box
the [sum] of our poems added / subtracted
divided
deciphering the codes in the black in the red
[unbearable] + [frustrating] + [feel stupid] =
finishing in a heap of hidden tears
anger cleaning to shed the shame
the truth is not in the numbers
{immeasurable/unquantifiable/liquid flow infinite =}
(love = the intimacy of creative work)
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 