January Money Poems

The vending machine, though filled to the brim 
now stands with a sign, my joy growing dim 
out of order it reads, my heart does...

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 I needed a job to pay the bills
not knowing what I was getting into.
A telemarketing company if you can believe
selling pieces of Titanic’s carpet...

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Five days of hell
on the phone, selling lies
and pieces of the Titanic carpet.
A sinking ship of a company
with a captain who gropes and leers
and a...

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Q:   How many Americans are currently opposed to Biden's open boarder 
       policies?

A:   According to...

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Money buys 
freedom
when blood’s 
overdrawn
Reality’s
greed
destiny
pawns

Money buys
freedom
its truth
to bemoan
Dignity
truant
the future
— on loan

(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)
...

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Happiness
Is yes expensive
And priceless
Like deep holes
With unequal depth
And odd sizes
Happiness
Ain’t about money
Good health first
And everything else
Happiness
Is how one feels, lives
Dreams and breathes
Happiness
Ain’t about accounts
And assets
Money...

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Steady rustling of stacked-high newspapers,
On the vendors stand US skyscrapers;
A long face further parting with brightness:
The type that treated not things with lightness
It’s a man...

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I got my mind on my money and money on my mind/
Cat scan if you like you'll tell I ain't lying/
Verse One
Money is all I...

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If you live well
So you are rich
The bird in its niche
Lives very, very well.

You can live in a castle
And not being chipper like the bird
Which...

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Income tax season
Is no reason
For utter despair
Pulling your hair
Shedding a tear
Out of fear
You’ll be broke --
Like most folk!

written January 31, 2022...

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Spending money on a worthless doodad
Caught his eye like a red-blinking light,
Reminded him of something he never had
Spending money on a worthless doodad.
Later, buyer’s remorse...

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Emerald envy nestled on velvet 
several thousand away from paid
Puce tulip promise inducement
secluded juice, palliation delayed 

Ivory aspire ripped wide envelope
plump with numbered requirement
Absinthe ardent...

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I’m running out of money,
but I’ve still got some time
and only just one question
…can you lend me a dime

My dollars spent on something
that quarters can’t...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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My ode to tax season ...

With compelling circumstance
thousands flocking to our door
braving elements of chance
what does new year have in store?

As they enter our domains
follow...

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