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When Money is Extremely Tight

Sadly...true...for some people.

By Paul StewartPublished 4 years ago • 1 min read
When Money is Extremely Tight
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When the money is extremely tight

And you're struggling for a delicious bite

Windy pie, airy pudding

Bread and cheese, no cooking

A choice between heating or food at night

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Thanks for reading!

A sad little limerick about the energy poverty crisis in the UK and other places. Sadly, another I didn't get into the limerick challenge. Publishing a few off-cuts and fragments. It's like a spring clean of my WIP folder.

Hope you enjoyed it.

Here are a couple of other limericks:

You can also take a look at the rest of my work here.

fact or fictionheartbreaksad poetrysocial commentaryperformance poetry

About the Creator

Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

The Accidental Poet - Poetry Collection out now!

Streams and Scratches in My Mind coming soon!

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