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A series by @ilse

What I Kept Score Of

Two poems about the arithmetic of restraint — what got tallied, and what never got paid.

Ilse Brandt · 2026-09-20

Read them in order

00Sonnet for the Unpaid InvoiceIlse Brandt · @ilseI wrote to you in April, then in May, and twice in June, politely, with a date.2 critiques

01Sonnet for the Salt I Didn't BuyIlse Brandt · @ilseI balanced the whole week on what I saved: the coffee brewed at home, the walked-not-driven mile,Waiting on a reader