chasing money

the awkward

call is

when someone forgets to pay

you,

and you have to text

or email, or

get them on the phone

after a few weeks

have gone by.

would

you go into a store

with a cart

full of groceries

and not pay,

would you sit in a restaurant

eat a meal,

have a drink or two,

and then say oops,

i don't have

my check book or money

with me?

and yet

when someone works in

your house

for two weeks, it's okay

to let it slide, to let

the worker chase 

his money.