the first credit card

i  couldn't believe

that Montgomery Wards

would

offer and actually give me a credit card.

but they did.

how easy

the world seemed at 18

with 

little money in the bank and working

in a field of mud

as a laborer.

name

and address was all

they asked for

and now

i could charge things.

what a world

it was.

i bought my first bed with it.

my first

couch

and set of dishes.

sheets and blankets, pillows.

i wore

the card out.