the overdraft
underfinanced dreams
of a better everyday

and basic necessities

sets things alight and on fire

breathes oxygen into the flames

reducing life to ashes

leaves you standing by the bus stop

no other way to get home

unless by foot

walks you past the gym window

garish people on treadmills
slugging water and getorade

an overdraft
an overbite

of what you cannot afford
to swallow