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Life of a 20 Dollar Bill

By Juan Cruz

8:00am
cops donut dollar bill
9:00
used for change
10:00
sitting in a wallet
11:43
slips out of wallet
12:52pm
flyin—
g
1:20
someone’s lucky day someone got it
2:27
donated to man on the street
who needed to get on his feet
3:56
the man who got it got some meat.
4:32
the owner of the store keeps the 20
5:21
the owner has it tugged
6:49
owner is leaving
7:13
owner gets hungry
8:32
the bill now in In N Out cash register
9:49
bill gets used for change
10:43
bill is exchanged
12:04am
bill used for something it shouldn’t have been

 

Juan Cruz is a student at Port of Los Angeles High School.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: Issue 37

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