miscellaneous

you see the note
on the table. bread, milk,
butter.
then lower, in a column
with numbers.
gas, electric. insurance.
rent. phone
and miscellaneous.
even now, at this age,
past work, sleeping in,
the count goes on.
and at night, on his
balcony, with or without
the stars or moon,
he drinks and pours
from a bottle of gin
miscellaneous.