Make ‘Em Pay

Myopic, propitious moment

Too darn close for coincident.

Painted the shell you see today --  

Sad dolt with a hustler to pay.

Passion was too fiery to delay,

Flagrant foul as coach might say.

Marriage was never our intent.

DNA tests mark that extent.

The courts order child support.

Duty comes like viper strike.

With angel act, she’s easy to like,

Pregnant again with new consort.

Her momma said, “Make ‘em pay,

“Gonna have some babies anyway.”

She grins at easy pickings to take.

“Three more will a tidy sum make.”

“Pick only dumbest  guys to bong

“And let’em sing that sad old song --

“Big monthly checks, what do you care?

“You’ll be sitting in the easy chair.”

Clarity of dreams fades to a haze

When rampant hormones rage.

We guys soon learn that lust betrays,

And fortune quick to disengage.

Author's Note

Statistics say the USA is dying off. That is because Hollywood hustle has sold young folks on living the careless life of abandon. That life can prove to have strings attached.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

more kids, more government paychecks...Having children out of love is one thing...but making love just to get more money is really a form of prostitution....
i remember when romance was meaningful...going steady, courting, and the like...
not slam bam, thank you maam...then for her..."off with you now" it's time for me to reap what i have sown on my own.
really good piece of poetry, not only for the wording...but strong theme....
j.

[bigfootprint]

Like magic, isolated cautions of an earlier age still come through the brain fog six decades later. I recall the 16-year-old -- it was I -- whose father growled out the stunning edict, "Git that girl in trouble, you be marrin' her." He had mistaken me for somebody with confidence to contemplate the profound narrative of such lofty possibilities. Such a pivotal image still draws a smile.

[Betty Hermelee]

List and raging hormones can lead to real trouble; but whose to blame? And whose to pay? It seems that women win out on this one as the raging hormonal men are often forced to pay. Nice way to put it. I like the poem

[bigfootprint]

Thanks Betty. Gladly, this one isn't autobiographical. But I watched the narrative unfold. He loved the rendition.

[Betty Hermelee]

It’s always better to watch than to experience negative vibes!