SAMANTHA PLUTE 
DESERT SPROUTS 

44 

JACOB JONES 
HOME IN A COUPC 

I drink from a WWII canteen, 
and wear clothes from 4th grade. 
The older the cheaper. 

At the grocery store bartering, 
you buy cheap, I take expired. 
I rub against pine trees, 
to capture the fresh scent. 

I don't just count my pennies, 
I make investments, 
in chicken stock, 
and 100 Grand candy bars. 

I do hygiene in public bathrooms. 
My dentist is a mirror, 
floss, some thread. 
My toothbrush doubles 
on my head. 
Lost a job for workers comp. 
Had six kids as tax write offs. 
Claimed asthma as a handicap, 
to get a better parking spot. 

I sell sod from others lawns. 
And use rubber gloves as condorr 
because it's a five for one. 

My showers are from the rain, 
my baths from the lake.