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“You know, son, life is a business.”
—T.L.
Now I know why
owners think we are ants
like numbers
like percentages.
Take a long look
from the thirty-fourth floor
down at the street.
What do you see?
Ants,
about their daily breadcrumbs.
If you were an owner,
locked in an airless cell
as your yellow window stared
at flat black streets,
and every day,
you saw those ants
bustling
wouldn’t you believe that too?