threepenny bit

tired hearts hustle through these cathartic parts
shuffling into cable-operated streetcar shopping carts 
billboard slogans casting reoccurring suggestive words
from a couch on the tower's terrace high above
the snow is massive and weighs on our collective sills
jettisoned bear market rugs and throw pillow smoke
cum dividends and cylindrical stock taken of ourselves
suggested daily servings from each mood group 
accounting for the represented school girl troupes 
these worn out hearts sure do bustle when they have to