The government has issued me a check
No more dumpster diving for day old bread,
sample booth dining in new ultra grocery,
peanut butter cookies free all day at Leevers
No more rice and beans free with loaf of bread, canned tuna
pasta, pop tarts at St. Thomas Aquinas church
gulped down free with local homeless no more
The government has issued me a check
Perhaps when friends at VisaMasterCardSearsCheckrite call
I will pick up
When landlord calls for month late rent again
I will pick up (though disposal broken, lock stuck, faucet leaks)
I will pick up anyway, hell
pay ahead maybe
Perhaps I’ll install cable TV satellite dish
4000 channels shot from space to my tube
game shows, baseball, Oprah
I’ll enter the information age
Perhaps call 1-900 number
speak to a hot babe happy to listen
about work sports even romance
Perhaps I will sponsor a child in Cambodia
whose happy eyes framed on my fridge forgive me
Perhaps I will see the Dalai Lama speak this Friday!
Oh yes, and I can afford to see him, I can
afford to be enlightened!
Thank you! The government has issued me a check
((Learn of the green world what can be thy place))
My place: $34,000 in debt GROWING
Hey!! Please Ezra stop haunting me so I can enjoy my student loan money
9/21/97
Chris Bevens | pedalpoet 