In that Order Specifically

Hiding in my room

Furtively

Appreciating the solitude

While waiting for the guests to leave.

Waiting for some stranger

In a government building

For a piece of paper

Nervously fidgeting my feet.

Looking in the mirror

Downcast

Finding my face besmeared 

With the lust of money.

Life seems like a series of paintings

From Edward Hopper to 

George Tooker to 

Francis Bacon.

and in that order specifically.