POEM = Tax My Heart
AUTHOR = Obakeng Masego Mooketsi
#DipapisoLiteratures 📚
Inflation is back,
The Inflation is back -
And it is here to stay,
I asked for a kiss -
And got a receipt back.
She told me the price -
For the service cost,
I could not reciprocate -
I thought my mind was lost,
She gave me a discount -
Only because I could not relate,
I only had a slice of my heart to give -
The rest was a cold brick covered in Frost.
Inflation is back,
Inflation is back -
And it is here to stay,
I asked her what it takes -
to win her heart.
She showed me -
a dozen of colors,
A chest of cotton patches -
she uses to cover the truth up,
She looked in my eyes -
And saw right through me,
I could not see what she saw -
The balance in arch of my brows,
The imbalance it brought to the scales -
Scales that conflict the price of trust.
Inflation is back,
The Inflation is back -
And it is here to stay,
I asked for a kiss -
And got a receipt back.
The inflation has impacted on love,
It has changed it's shape -
It has paved a way for curves to unwiden,
Inflation has made her less safe -
Her shape changed -
so it confesses her insecurities,
What keeps her up at night -
And less focused during the day.
Inflation is back,
Inflation is back -
And it is here to stay,
I asked her what it takes -
to win her heart.
She no longer could respond -
The call already went to voice mail,
My cents were not enough -
The service provider -
Even found a way to shorten my tail,
I'm cut short and cannot cover my taxes,
The bill on this table has overlapped onto the wet spill on side,
I'm covered wet in open sorrows,
I cannot pay nor ask for a tab.
Inflation is back,
The Inflation is back -
And it is here to stay,
I asked for a kiss -
And got a receipt back.
She gave me a second slip -
One was the offer -
and the other was uncertain,
A recurring question -
Am I to pay -
Or just leave this -
to haunt my credit,
My lawyer refuses to touch this case,
I'm knee deep -
His just smiling at my actions,
Reactions of steps taken to dig further,
Unpaid mortgages -
To hearts I overstayed my welcome.
Inflation is back,
The Inflation is back -
And it is here to stay,
I asked for a kiss -
And got a receipt back,
A blank receipt -
Is what I got back.
The ink was over,
The machine broke -
So no cartridges were left -
To speak or write this tale,
Unfinished tales -
Even ink refuses to write -
Imaginary charges,
I've been overcharged -
But yet I am given discount,
What a blessing -
A beautiful scam -
to a glory that shall sink me,
Without any debit to cover -
This cost might consume me.
Inflation is back,
Inflation is back -
And it is here to stay,
I asked her what it takes -
to win her heart,
She gave me a shiny coin -
A coin not from this land -
but not foreign either.
She asked if I could take this loan,
If I could accept my rope -
Enough to cut myself loose -
incase things backfire,
See if I get taxed one more time -
If my credit over runs my debit,
My lawyer is just going to stop smiling -
To prepare himself for a good laugh,
I was warned -
Not to go further -
But to refrain,
I couldn't quench this yern -
So you could say that -
I was expecting a raise.
Inflation is back,
Inflation is back -
And it is here to stay,
I asked her what it takes -
to win her heart.
She got me fired,
She helped win a gain -
And the wins were overpowering,
I kept reaching out for ammends -
I kept reaching -
until my catch fell -
back into the water,
Now all is wet -
My dreams soaking wet -
With no dollar to dry clean them.
(726 x WORDS)
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