I’ve never read a poem
about how to spend your money –
or it didn’t stick. What am I
saving? What am I buying?
Tag: money
Rent
Once I chose what was owed to me
over another person’s suffering,
and I haven’t yet felt my way
into either of us forgiving the other.
2-Door 4-Door
Your driver’s side door handle quits working again
and you decide you’d better go give a pint of blood before you start thinkin this matters.
You’ll only be embarrassed of what you don’t have
if you start thinkin those things matter.
Just Don’t Kill the Money Tree
She wants to keep her plants alive
and not own a car. Have warm walls
around her. Her father says there are
some problems you can’t escape –
grit your teeth and put up with it.
(She also has dental bills coming.)
She gets a monthly bus pass
and sees how it goes, sees
how much she prefers to walk,
sees all around her how much pain
can be bought and banished
if you have the time to listen
to where it hurts.
Common Poem 