Even Life Is Like a Stone
It seems, the clerk is not in the best form today
For he gave me an extra cash, like an extra pay
I just want a $359; instead, he handed a $539
Should I take it or not, a question in my mind
I am no saint I admit and I want this $180 bucks
Should I care for him, if, he will be on the rocks
I must struggle against strange voices in my head,
That really keep messing me, even, when I’m in bed
Feed me...feed me...of evil things, says the first
No only me, says the other, even if you are thirst
Though, I’ve three kids and my shoulder is in pain
I let myself not to nourish them with an easy gain
For I believe that man does not live by bread alone
This is what I’m trying to do; even life is like a stone
Copyright © Ernesto P. Santiago | Year Posted 2006
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