easy money

i think about growing a beard
during the crisis.

a long scraggily beard
ala

walt Whitman, or
a neatly trimmed one like
Hemmingway.

maybe let the few strands
of hair
on my head
grow out

and drag them sideways,
like the old
days.

i'll have a different look.
blend
in with the maddening
crowd.

get a cup, a sign,
and stand

statuesque at a corner
along the highway.

easy money in these times.