'Poems don't pay bills, ' she says, <br />and zooms him down to earth, <br />with her firm hold on reality <br />and quiet respect for wealth. <br /> <br />Poems, nonetheless, have helped <br />to make black mornings bearable <br />and huge mistakes acceptable. <br />Is he the only one who made so many? <br /> <br />Money, in the toughest, darkest times, <br />just paid for beer, to overdrink, <br />cigarettes, to oversmoke, <br />or food, to overeat. <br /> <br />Overdoing almost everything <br />didn't help him over anything - <br />just weighed him down <br />and sank him faster.<br /><br />Robert Melliard<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poetry-and-bills/
