Debtor's Frisson

In 40+ years on earth you hear things

that are said over and over and over

and the only time you hear people say this stuff

is when they say other people are saying it.

You say tomato…

We all say tomato. We just do.

There’s no such thing as a free lunch.

Horseshit.

C’mon over. I’ll make you a sando for nothin’.

Live below your means.

Must have been written by someone with means.

or someone mean.

In 40+ years on this planet

I’ve had means sufficient to match my needs

about half the time.

The other half is debt to someone

The free half is not free, since the owing half

will continue to owe until they are paid.

Now that I am an adult, I get to dig myself out.

Every shovel into the hole feels less heavy though

somehow the same weight feels less

when replacing the pit

instead of building it.

I’ve owed others

which is another way of saying

I’ve been owned by others

And I still am

Until I can clear the tab

of a life frugally lived

It should only take me

until I die.