Tuesday, January 26, 2016

One Thin Dime

And "they" say there's 
No inflation 

WHY then 
Am I sitting here 
With just a few 
     Small grocery bags 
Filled with 
Nothing frivolous -
For so much money ?!!

This much money 
Used to 
PAY THE RENT !!
the whole rent !
With utilities 
     Included !
One block from the 
Beach 
In 
Long Beach -

But there's no 
     Inflation 
So,
"LET EM EAT CAKE" !!

I bought some flour -
I'm Going to make 
Some bread -
That will teach 'em !

But the oven's broken -
Has been these 
     Many years 
If I buy a new stove 
That's a $500 loaf 
     Of bread 🙁 !!

"Can't win for Losin'"
As my daddy used to say -

He also said 
"A day late and a dollar short" 
And 
"Once in a blue moon" 
And 
"A month of Sunday's" 

But then, 
He lived through the
Great Depression 
And WW2
So 
He must have known 
Something 

He said he started workin' 
When he was twelve

And an afternoon 
At the silent pictures cost
Ten cents
But that dime was made of 
Silver -

What was up 
     With that?

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