America 2014

For an unsturdy space I squander wages on rent
Yet through these windy cracks no owed slip has slid
Of borrowing I know only the roof, a heavy lid
I strive not to meander as one much more meant.
Frugality summons the sum that is spent
On employment my time is smothered then rid
Of truancy I've not known the chime of the chid
And on vices expires no excessive expense
Medicines traded to furnish the dish
Strain not to struggle too much in their traps
The ties so severed one is surely to perish
With skin grown comfortable around the straps

My remains are defined by a figure of three
For the cremation of dreams, tis only a fee.