Price Check


Paul Hostovsky
Apoorva Sripathi



I think the price of sugar should go up
to reflect the irreplaceable
place of sweetness in the dark
world. I mean look
around. The ice is melting into everything and the levels
of pain are rising worldwide with alarming
silence seeping into everything.
And it has a vaguely metal taste.
And our government is spending trillions 
on deterrence
while a pound of premium pure cane
granulated sugar in a box
is holy,
yet it's only 
$1.89.



Paul Hostovsky’s poems have won a Pushcart Prize, two Best of the Net Awards, the FutureCycle Poetry Book Prize, and have been featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, and The Writer's Almanac. He makes his living in Boston as a sign language interpreter. Website: paulhostovsky.com