Sub
sistence
Cheer
full
ness
Way
of
life
Support
of
life
All these definitions
Of a thing that feels deeply undefined
Is it a horde of cows
Out of which real, live milk turns into real, live money?
Or is it an apartment
In an attractive neighborhood
Close to one's friends
And therefore cheery
And full of life?
Is it something selected?
Or findings its way to oneself by strange, uncountable means?
Fur
nishes
means
of
support
Means
of
main
tain
-ing
life
The
occupation
In what way shall we be occupied?
And is it fair to ask about us?
Or must I ask only for a friend?
By which I mean
For myself
For support and means
Do not feel as though they are a purely occupational
Or personal matter
Though that of course
Is a matter
Of opinion
Roman Ryan 