he calls it that -
last,
      long,
            five
                 days
before pension payday

always an adventure:
will he, won't he,
how much is left?

this time 30 bucks
to last till Wednesday

piece of cake

money is a fickle *****
a goddess of tease

never let her force
you to despair

her only real power
is to make you wait

and being poor
in Amerika
you have already
mastered that skill

   ~mce