Rusty Fischer

ticket

wondering when you'd finally
do it found out one stupid
tuesday watching the local news
saw that graduation picture
you always hated even though
you ran out in two periods
had the sound down
thought you won the
lottery
that would be just like
you
instead you bought
the farm
paid for your own
ticket
that was even more like
you

Rusty Fischer writes: I am an editor for a family of teaching magazines in North Carolina. My poetry has appeared in such 'zines as Curiosity's Escape, The Bridge, Pauper, 24:7, Pif and A Little Poetry.