It happens to the best of us ... (poem) by Pearl Barley aka C M Donaldson on AuthorsDen

It happens to the best of us ...
by Pearl Barley aka C M Donaldson → (All Poetry by Pearl Barley aka C M Donaldson)
Saturday, April 11, 2015 Rated "G" by the Author.

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We've all experienced those lean times in the month when you're down on your uppers to the point of searching fruitlessly down the sofa for stray coins because things are tight. And if you're an ordinary person like me, something, anything, by coincidence will scupper your intentions of stretching everything you have when there's too much month at the end of the money. I experienced one such weekend whereby I got ill and one basic commodity in my house became like gold dust. This is my brief poetic account conveying the situation. Well...I saw the funny side later.
It's a week where my pockets are flat, real flat, and my purse is even flatter When even food runs low, and so what does it matter that the loo roll thins yet sod's law wins, dictating I exercise overuse hating the 'dire' valid excuse though hardly wise, one sighs It's just not fair when all I crave, acutely aware, is to stretch, yes I'm that wretch, that tries to save what little I have till I can say replenishment sent abject poverty away And I can then shriek Yay, at last, payday!

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on April 11, 2015

It's called "payday to payday" living in so many are experiencing it. I'm glad you've come out of it and are able to joke about what you had to do when it came down to it.

Everyone should have the basics and not have to worry about having enough food to eat, especially if they're working very hard just to make a paycheck. Let us hope that our esteemed leaders can see that and make sure that we don't go hungry or lack basic necessary sanitary life. If not, there'll be a big stink someday and they won't like the smell.

Ron

Reviewed by Michael Schafer

That's when you dig out the plastic, and say, "CHARGE!"

Michael D.