FAWM 2020 #7: Cadge a Nickle

Tribute to the @nicholascage sock-puppet.

Lyrics

"Can you spare a nickle for a cuppa joe today?"
"Can you spare a nickle?" I heard the reedy voice say,
One cup of coffee, how much could that hurt?

Four non-dairy creamers, and seven sugars go by,
Four non-dairy creamers, and seven sweet sugar packets die.
At the rate, the diner owner's gonna lose his shirt.

"Not to worry hon," says the waitress, as fast as I could blink,
"Don't worry 'bout him," says the waitress, with a sultry wink.
We'll get it all back when the government check lands next week.

"Some gotta win, some gotta lose," says my neighbor on the next stool,
"Sometimes you're the wiseman, sometimes you're the fool."
"But sooner or later, your gonna find just what you seek.

"The rich get richer, the poor get minimum wage."
He said, "The rich get richer, even the poor get minimum wage."
"Look at me stranger, don't you know I'm Nicolas Cage."

"Don't you treat me like a stranger, don't you know I'm Nicolas Cage."

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