Original poem / Reflections on a pier

in #poetry6 years ago (edited)

My 20 dollar burger meal

about to be bought with

someone else's debt

is interrupted by a downpour.

Another beer please.

The wish to finish fast -

a proper ending

to a poem that may

attract human eyes

so I can buy food next month

with money someone else owes.

The hazy beer waiting to be devoured

stands firmly on the rickety table

to later be pissed out and

compete with the heavy rain

for the attention of the July-dry soil.

On the pier, children

laughing and running about

carefree and happily unaware, of

income taxes and repo rates.

Envy is soon overshadowed, by

sorrow that they too

will accept the illusion.

 @SteemSwede

(Photo source: Children on Clevedon Pier by Pamela McNamara)

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@steemswede nice poem sir. Me too liketo take street meals

Came across your work in the promoted session and man, you're great. Too bad i've got little SP to upvote. Keep it up

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