Empty pockets of a poet

Empty pockets of a poet
by Roy dela Cruz

bills are due
tuitions too
wait!
I need to write a poem

can life's worries
be vanished in verses?
nope
not a chance!

at least I was able
to do something
from something where
I can't do anything

verses don't pay bills
money does
I got too much of one
and none of the other

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Roy
August 29, 2011
8:15 p.m.
Angeles City
Philippines