Today after convincing myself gig work was still a job,
Shopping at Walmart,
I went into the bank,
I needed to borrow money,
Oil is down to twenty-two percent,
So I got a pay day loan,
Seventy-five a month,
Term six months,
Then I’ll receive another two hundred dollars,
No penalty for early pay off,
I cannot build credit where I live,
Nobody can,
We are like drones,
We pay the landlord,
He takes our money,
He gives no receipts ,
We are responsible for our own receipts,
His credit increases,
Residence of Quasqueton trailer park live here,
We pay all our bills,
Taxes Cory takes to the court house in Independence, Iowa,
Corey the landlord gets the credit,
No one knows or cares its our money and on our property,
The landlord inspects nothing,
My home is a thirty years old,
Refurbish is cosmetic repair he fixes nothing,
Seller be wary,
He is actually selling as is,
There is black mold here,
Mobile homes he knows were condemned,
Sells the same,
They are never inspected,
His god is the all powerful buck,
Nothing will ever change,
No one comes to inspect,
No one cares,
We care but some would say our complaints dall on dead ears,
I care,
I want my home paid off,
Solar panels,
So today I took a chance,
i’m proud of this Iowa poet today,
Val Whitewolf 