TIME IN MONETARY FORM

This isn’t costing me a nickel
Just my time
a little paper
and this very nice pen
It’s a lot of fun.
jotting down thoughts
you can fail
and fail again
in coming up
with a good one
Nobody is out
one thin dime
I’ll keep writing
What can you lose
People keep coming by
They keep drinking my booze
They tell my I’m good
and I keep pouring
They wonder what I’m working on
I tell them a short story
about a friend
Then they wonder
if it’s about them
I say no
Then they go
It’s the end of the show
I think the total cost
was $7.40
but I still have
my pen
and paper
By Steve Haarman
on July 16, 2011