Jake's Flea Market

abi says they should sell 
what little farm house   what little farm remains 

rent an apartment in the city where his highness
will still demand his daily twenty and the lioness
without her plot of garden she’ll go scavenge in the streets no

no

no i will not be shamed to see her in a dirty tweed
overcoat stained with trash   a madwoman
pushing a shopping cart   digging in bins
for empty bottles and poptin cans no

and yet my wife wears second hand
hand me down   charity   sally ann
kneels on her knees on the floor
clips coupons from newspapers
studies every flyer through the door
to save a few pennies on this
a dollar there and yet

when she cooks   she rations food
i see how the cupboards are somewhat bare and yet

i try to comfort myself
i tell myself i get the rent paid 
the gas   the city   the power
i get the payments on that pickup made and yet

i’m a hair’s breadth in height i cannot say
here abi go buy the groceries we need 
go buy yourself something new   something nice

oh i’d go to the bank
take out a thousand dollar loan
i’d get it with no questions asked
but how do i borrow what i can’t pay back


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