Enemy

poem in rhyming quatrains

 

 

Enemy

 

I owe no man, no man owes me

 Exactly as it ought to be.

I pay hard cash for what I buy.

There is a simple reason why.

 

I will not pay expensively

 for things I buy impulsively.

I do not need the latest style

 I find that if I wait a while.

 

That fashion change and prices fall

I can resist the siren call.

Of T.V. adverts telling me

 that I can have all that I see.

 

By spending on my credit card,

 but I am always on my guard.

I have no debts that worry me

at nights I can sleep peacefully.

 

Your credit cards an enemy

although it claims to be friendly

I know it is convenient

It’s too easy to get overspent,

 

25-Apr-08

 

 

Reviews

[Helena]

Wise words! Well written, I agree 100 percent! Had to chuckle over
"I can resist the siren call".....Ah yes, and what a temptress indeed
is that "Siren". LOL


Well done poet!

Love and Light
Helena

[Lily1111]

This was refreshing to read. I also espouse this philosophy. The advertisers prey on on those who think they need material things to improve the lives somehow. Like they are trying to fill up an empty place inside them with things.

This reminds me quite humorously of what my father always told me: "If you can't pay cash for it, you can't afford it". Great lesson there and great lesson here with this poem.

Very enjoyable

[Brandon Taylor-Black]

So true....
I was brought up not to live beyond my means....but, with temptation on every billboard, television screen and radio....
Excellently written.

Bravo

'D'