dust bowl

my stanley
morgan broker
just called
and said,
don't quit
your day
job, or that
part time
night job,
or the extra
work you do
on the side,
or stop
collecting
coins you find
in the street.
make amends
with any old
rich relatives
you might have.
patch up
that beaten
sweater, sew
the hole
in those jeans.
get another
year out of
that old coat,
throw that
hat into
the wash, times
aren't getting
hard, they
are hard and
i feel the hot
dust rising
on the plains.