(Everybody in the World Cries Over Money)

[madscenes]

everybody
in the world
cries over money

he
cries over money
repaying every last cent
that he owes but not to her
the boy's first piggy bank
to smash into pieces shards
on which to cut his fingers

some things can be glued
back together with gold
others are unmendable

others are irreplaceable

everybody
in the world
cries over money

she
cries over money
well spent on dancing shoes
and diamonds to be dropped
on the ground
unbalancing one's credit

it is money well spent
on herself that leads to ruin
at the end of this paper trail
lies every look she gifted him

every last shred
of self-perception

she cries

he cries

everybody
in the world
cries over money