Living
Week to Week
by
Phillip Smith
Relief
is what I seek
ooofrom
this dread destiny
oooof
living week to week.
Make
payments every week,
oooif
only partially.
Relief
is what I seek.
Creditors
want to speak.
Why
does it have to be,
ooothis
living week to week?
Spending
I cannot tweak.
No
one can hear my plea.
Relief
is what I seek.
The
situation bleak;
ooomy
stark reality.
I’m
living week to week.
My
pay is at its peak.
To
get what’s due to me,
ooorelief
is what I seek
ooofrom
living week to week.
From
Phillip Smith:
“My
stories have been published by Jake Magazine, Inscape Magazine,
Literally Stories, Chicago Literati, Comic Carnival Zine, Scarlet
Leaf Review, and Dime Show Review. My poem “23 Years Sober”
appeared in Measure: A Review of Formal Poetry. My stage adaptation
of Stephen King’s novella “Rage” was produced in the spring of
1993. During my senior year at the University of Evansville, I was
awarded with the William H. Gumberts Award for Fiction.”