Forced upon bended knee
Pushed to death of self
By society
She wanted to be perfection
Paid for new everything
Now she is the perfect conception
Of death by the "jones"
She fell hook line and Coach
For unattainable class placement
She looks gorgeous in her debt
Living in a dirty basement
No Fifth Avenue home
No on lookers awed
No trip to Paris, the Islands or Rome
No one to save her
Her stale money
The promises of one more day
She can do nothing now
She is lifeless like autumn's bare trees
Gone are the parties
Gone is the false wealth
Gone are the men
Gone are the girl and her sense of self
This was published online at http://www.swartzentruber.com/13-bad-credit-risk-bankruptcy.htm. It is a literary interpretation of an artist's painting. Both the poem and the painting can be viewed at the aforementioned site.
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