Pay Me

who’s going to get

stuck with the bill

when the music stops

~

hidden fees

scratching away

the deficit

~

everyone wants

everything

BUT

no one is willing

to pay for it

~

individual / social

me / we

win / lose / draw

~

Currency

before dad died

we talked

about money

~

he grew up

an immigrant family

a farm

western canada

dirty thirties

~

he grew up

the eleventh

of twelve children

his family was rich

in love

~

always

they had each other

working, playing

together

~

family was survival

~

he never realized

they were poor

he did wonder

one time

~

the family searched

the home

3 cents

coveting

a postage stamp

~

Good-Bye Penny

redundant

canada is phasing out

the penny

~

sometimes

penny-pinching

doesn’t make

any cents

~