i like to steal

I like to steal.

mostly words. things said
in passing.

any unusual noun,
is ripe for the taking,

a dangling
participle,
an unusual adverb.

i'll catch a glance or a face
on the street

and pocket it.

I enjoy the curve
of someone walking by

and save it
for a sunny day

when the fingers on
the keyboard

fly.

I like to borrow.

to take without asking a phrase,
a joke

a cry.

there is beauty, in
both ugly

and old.

in some strange way, despite
all, despite

the world,

in everything there is
some strand
of silver,

some nugget of gold.