Don Mulford, Cost of Living</head><body><center><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.com/p1.gif border=0 alt=Saviodsilva></center><hr color=3C00FF size=4><br><font size=4 face=arial><b><a href=40.htm>Don Mulford</a></b></font><br><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.net/poem/a/1.JPG border=0 alt=Poem></center><br><font size=3 face=arial><b>Cost of Living</a></b></font></center><blockquote><blockquote><p align=left><font face=arial size=2><b>The cost of living nowadays is such a changing thing.<br>We never know from day to day what bills the mail will bring.<br>We think we have a decent job and earn a living wage,<br>But we can never earn enough, in this, the prosperous age!<br>We're told we live in luxury, our living standards high!<br>We're told we should have money saved, no matter what we buy!<br>We're told that life's necessities are easy to afford;<br>So why's it so expensive to maintain our bed and board?<br>We buy the things we have to have, we never find that hard,<br>For money is no problem when we have a credit card!<br>But soon the dreaded day arrives, the day that makes us quail;<br>The day of retribution when the bill comes in the mail!<br>So then we check our bank account for cash as yet unspent,<br>And now we see we're overdrawn. That wasn't our intent!<br>How can we extricate ourselves from this financial mess?<br>We'll get another credit card; our credit's limitless.<br>And so we start to pay our way with wages yet unearned. <br> Once more we're free to buy again, no bargain will be spurned.<br>But soon the creditors descend, insisting that we pay,<br>And we have reached the hardest part. This is the judgement day!<br>We take a look at how we've lived, why have we been so rash?<br>Why have we bought with credit when we should have bought with cash?<br>The last resort is bankruptcy, so we don't have to pay,<br>And for a while we're frugal, getting by from day to day.<br>But then we're told that we're discharged, our slate has been wiped clean,<br>And we resolve that life will change to what it should have been.<br>We're in the clear; we're free from debt; the sun's replaced the rain!<br>We'll get a brand new credit card and start to live again!<P></p></b></font></blockquote></blockquote><hr color=0000ca size=3><center><font size=2 face=arial><b><a href=http://www.isavo.net/poem/sk4.htm>This Poem's Index Page 1</a><br><a href=http://www.yensa.net/poem/sk4.htm>This Poem's Index 2</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com/poems.htm>Poetry Website</a><br><a href=http://www.saviodsilva.com>Saviodsilva</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com>Isavo Site</a></b></font></center><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC=http://www.saviodsilva.org/r/fantasy.js></SCRIPT></body></html>