Recession

I saw an old woman
With white helmet hair and skinny polyester slacks
Get out of a Buick at the local pawn shop
She looked pinched or sad or somehow helpless.

Across town, hundreds of cars were parked at the mall

Recession?  Ain’t no recession
Not as long as I got credit cards.

I can buy a puffy jacket and skinny jeans
Tease my hair up in some sort of helmet shape
Paint my face
To show that sort of
pinched or sad or somehow helpless look…

You know, like those models on TV.

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