Ode or Verse to Spendthrift Grannies

Ode or Verse to Spendthrift Grannies

     by The Same

some people are careful

don't spend a thing

hand over more than they take

sowhen a beggar comes round

withis sweet humble sounds

theywill pass to him money

theyreally don't have

youknow

they'llgive whattheydont really have

whoknows but that these'llget all liquoredanddown

or fill up their veins and hope somedaytodrown

undersomebridge they'll sleep nights ontheground

with norunningwater nostove and nofridge

that'show beggars live 

and howtheymakedo

don't you know

nonconsumers they liveandmakedo

if some people care

put their money in the bank

though they spend lots of it foolishly

there are others who consume it

like it's water from a well

on nearly all the whole world's merchants sell

don't you know

purchase two of everything that they sell

they'd be far better off

somnolent liquored down

or filling up their brittle veins 

and getting drowned

just go live under a bridge

don't bother buying that new fridge

it's not the worst thing that a foolish man might do

don't you know

it's not the worst thing for a profligate like you

then there's a gentleman like me

almost blind can barely see

and I spend whatever I get it's not a lot

if a tramp should come around

I wouldn't smile nor would I frown

but I'd go with him to see how that one lived

don't you know

and then I'd either hold it back or I would give

I might be better off

druggéd up or liquored down

filling up my little veins and getting drowned

or underneath a bridge

with no water stove or fridge

t'wouldn't be the very worst thing I could do

don't you know

can think of lots of worse things I might do