THIEF

bills bills bills to pay and pay tomorrow
weighting in my stomach like an arrow
today I have no money but only hope
looking as if a job is really within scope
today is yesterday but not as i hopped
yesterday is past like a road that slopped

i can not go back for it is gone forever
i could not pay and i can’t pay if i ever
the truth is that once a debtor is always
even when working all nights and all days
looking for a job is a job that never ends
being poor is me who everyone reprimands

overqualified unqualified or ignored again
no references no friends avoid or disdain
it is another world to face and to live in
my shoes and my hopes are getting thin
it reflects in the words at any interview
they say the application is still for review

the car with an empty tank and bald tires
payments overdue and taxes like briers
the food i eat makes me as if i will vomit
than am i better dead or being a hermit
even the sleep goes away in the night
my stomach is upset and is over tight

no i did not borrow not did i waste any
when i was in need it offered or lent to me
then child support is by law guaranteed
to make my children’s life better indeed
the children almost poor but real poor am i
i wish to provide and lead each to the sky

they have ihpods and really fashion glasses
things that a father objects without classes
depending on the market for work is bad
trying any business without money is sad
being laid off from work is just like others
than the government is against all fathers

trees without fruit and for heat only a twig
only death can take me from debt so big
my grave i don’t have neither it can i dig

By DFF Leonard - 2007