Look, don’t put
yourself out on
my account. If
you can’t pay
me a living wage
or the minimum
wage or any wage
at all, don’t worry
about it, be happy
cause it’s all the
same groove,
whether the road
to riches beyond
imagination or the
wheel of bone
breaking poverty
beyond conception,
it doesn’t matter.
This is, after all,
the American dream
and dreams are
often nightmares.
That’s the way it is,
so pay me whatever
you want to or don’t
pay me a plug nickel
but, please, do me
a favor and take your
fucking boot from off
my bleeding neck.