The Centurion credit card—
the black American Express card—
is exclusive, prestigious, 
and available by invitation only, 
to select big spenders worldwide. 

In all my years at the Museum 
I saw the black card 
less than ten times. 
You notice them; 
the Titanium feels different. 

A man paid with one on Tuesday. 
He came from Guatemala. 
One of the poorest countries in the world. 

Roseanne Freed

spent more than a decade working in the Gift Store at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Her poems have appeared in Blue Heron Review, MacQueen’s Quinterly, ONE ART, Verse-Virtual, and Writing in a Woman’s Voice, among others. Her work was nominated for Best of the Net 2022.

More on the Web: By, About, and Beyond

⚡ The Stranger (23 February 2023) by Roseanne Freed in ONE ART

⚡ Where are you from? in Verse-Virtual (July 2022)

⚡ Signs read by Rosie on YouTube (25 January 2021)