A Tale of Three Twenties

Yesterday at the grocery store/I hit the button for Cashback and then $60

“I worked hard all week. I want some walking-around money.”

Douglas at Bertha’s Café/Rang me up for $17 and change/On a Denver omelette and large coffee./”Keep the change, Douglas.”

Walgreens had my four must-have prescriptions at $5 each./Bye bye #2 Jackson Big-Head.

Walking across Indian School,/Then waiting for the light, a tall young man asked me how it was./”Things are terrible in our country,/But I’m still vertical and that’s great./How are you?”

He showed me his sign of woe./”I need to make rent.”

He still has a way to go.