it was raining hard in frisco

some can't handle
money. can't handle success.

they can make it. make millions.
have cars
and houses.

women and trips to exotic
places.

they wear gold rings,
expensive watches.
they have pianos
and chandeliers.

to the outside world

that have it all.
they're suntanned
and fat. happy with the lot
they've earned,

but
it's a Richard Corey kind of thing.

one day you
here what's happened.

they're gone. they're driving
a taxi

living in one room
in a basement
on the outskirts of town.

they've lost it all.
again.