short a few bucks

i'm short a few
bucks, a couple
of inches too, i wish
i was taller so
that i could
reach things on
the upper shelf.
i forget what's
even up there
and i no longer have
a ladder. my neighbor
kit kat, i know,
crazy name, but she's
a hair stylist,
borrowed it when
she had squirrels
in her attic and
had to shoo them
out with my broom.
she got married to
a cop who was renting
one of her rooms
and moved and took
both the ladder
and the broom
with her and the
new taller than
me groom. i didn't
even get an invite
to the wedding.
so i'm short a few
bucks, and i can't
buy anything new.
at least not for
awhile.