The note

I pushed the note into the machine. 
The machine pushed it back at me. 

I pushed the note into the machine.
The machine pushed it back at me. 

I pushed the note into the—
"Give it here," she said, "Please 

Take a seat."  So I sat down on the 
Black sofa-cube and
 
Waited for my turn. 
In a few minutes they would set me anew, 

But before then only 
The barber would touch me.

Dale Chou
2017-01-27