Inflation Blues

by

Norma Jean Duncan

Inflation will surely be the ruin of me yet,
I'd rather go without, than go in debt.
Still I'd rather go in debt, than go without,
What a mixed up business, inflation is all about.

I'm behind in the rent, the cupboard is bare,
The electric is due, I have nothing to wear.
School is starting soon, necessities to buy,
Things get worse, oh! how hard we do try.

Little Billy's teeth need braces right now,
We need to get Sally's tonsils out some how.
We canceled the magazines and papers to read,
I guess the TV is all we really need.

We've patched the patches, and let out the seams,
We've put more water in the potatoes and beans.
Everything is wearing out, before the payments are,
Soon we'll be needing a another used car.

Oh! Lord, just what are we going to do,
I guess we will have to leave it all to you.
Oh! how long can these inflation blues last,
Please take them away, put them in the past.

Norma J. Duncan

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from: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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