Rent minus the gleaming leather purse <br />Equals a screaming frustrated encounter <br />Add a few meager checks <br />From the sale of useless items <br />That couldn’t benefit a one <br />Minus that restaurant bill <br />You definitely couldn’t afford <br />If your life depended on it <br />Subtract two grand for a mouthful <br />Of rotting teeth you pray to St. Dental to repair <br />Another grand for a therapist <br />Who doesn’t know what to do with you <br />Add an unexpected bonus <br />And subtract your dignity <br />As you sell your soul one final time <br />To make a buck you can’t help but spend<br /><br />Kerri Anne Byrnes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bipolar-finance/
