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?