Short Studio Apartment Poems

Sue Ellen a wastethrift who frittered her parents’ money
Married off to Chuck, an old goat in need of a honey
Devious Chuck thought he would be rich when her parents died.
They lived to be a hundred, a long well-lived, happy ride.
Sue Ellen never changed, she spent Chuck’s money too.
They ended up in a studio apartment outside Waterloo....

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Darkness beneath,
     The torn and tattered sheets
You lie awake,
     And feel the walls shake
As again this year,
     Christmas ends in tears
And with all the gifts,
     Your life just shifts
Cuz Dad's job kills,
     And Mommy can't pay the bills
So you just lay and weap
     Cuz you just can't sleep
But you swear,
     You'll one day make it out of there....

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