Just a little something to tide me over



Once you fall behind on payments to

the birthday-loan folks

they take your time;

first hours, or days,

then you're in hock to high school

You remember your girlfriends'

names, but

which one did you marry?

Are these really your kids?

Was the girl you took

to the motel last night

the same one you took to the bar

at 5, or to the volleyball playoffs

when she was 17?