giving her the business

what's the first thing you're
going to do

when the quarantine ends
I ask my

friend Betty over the phone.
she laughs,

sipping her second glass
of wine at nine a.m.

i'm going to find me a big
strong man,
she says.

oh, really, do tell.
and then what.

i'm going to have him come
over here

and give me his business.

oh my. and then what?

he's going to install new windows
into my house

and paint a few rooms.

good, I tell her. I see
you got your loan and your
stimulus check.

in the bank, she says.
in the bank.