My belly aches for precious food <br />my androgens are in the mood, <br />one foot already in the grave <br />the other one acts rather brave. <br /> <br />Each calendar does lie a bit <br />and one has placed me in the shit. <br />A silver lining in my hair <br />and shaped I am just like a pear. <br /> <br />So many early warning wrinkles <br />and endless, unproductive tinkles, <br />some clerks now dare to call me dear <br />a wonder that I still can hear. <br /> <br />I see my cute optometrist <br />with glassy eyes, inside the mist <br />and when I pay for groceries <br />I reach and take the first green peace <br /> <br />out of the wallet, giving gladly, <br />my sight has sunk to 'rather badly', <br />it is my cottonpickin head <br />that wants to keep from being dead. <br /> <br />I pay the charlatan and quack <br />to feed me pills and fix my back. <br />While longing for longevity <br />I do forget that one small key <br /> <br />has been created for my soul <br />when God designed it to a role. <br />But, never one to listen much <br />I aim to commandeer a touch <br />of real immortality <br />all for a lousy service fee. <br /> <br />And when I'm down to my last coin <br />and angels beckon me to join <br />I'll have no choice and will not care <br />and, like a blinded forest hare <br />I do remain in place and freeze <br />then give the world a final sneeze. <br /> <br />I think the words above might say <br />it matters not what we can pay <br />and that we would be well advised <br />not to be cut or analysed. <br /> <br />There comes a time when your own number <br />unlocks the door to endless slumber. <br />So I shall keep my hard-earned cash <br />by now it is a hefty stash. <br /> <br />And take it to the Never-Never <br />a move that labels me as clever. <br />So, having been on earth a scrooge <br />the benefits shall be quite huge. <br />Make-over for the mind and bod <br />and pay the man, in this case, God.<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/money-for-heaven/
