Dead Broke

dead broke
pockets full of ghosts

dead broke, bank account flatlined
empty hands counting rain
dead broke, nothing left but static
wallet whispering my name

dead broke, blood dry in the veins
pockets full of kudzu and change
dead broke, fridge light still blinking
counting pennies that already died

dead broke… almost hopeful for half a second
then the kudzu eats the last digit

DEAD BROKE
pockets full of ghosts that still ask for rent
DEAD BROKE
bank app blue-screened, balance is a corpse
DEAD BROKE
empty fridge humming my eulogy
DEAD BROKE
Georgia rain laughing at the last receipt

dead broke
my shadow learned how to lie better than I do
pockets full of nothing that still weighs a ton
dead broke…
the rain knows my routing number now

DEAD BROKE
DEAD BROKE
dead… broke…

dead broke