As Long As You Feed the Till

a sonnet to paying the bill

Though most of your stories

Are other people's lies

I don't mind that at all

If you're someone who buys

I'll laugh at your dumb jokes

Like they're funny as hell

As long as you're buying

That's all perfectly swell

So fill up that jukebox

With what songs that you will

And I'll dance for as long

As you're paying the bill ...

I'll even feed your ego

As long as you feed the till

Jim Lonsdale Poetry 2025

Author's Note

This came to me after hearing Tina Turner's "Private Dancer" on the radio

Reviews

[Gray C. Sweet]

Ha! This one cracked me up, good one

[Desert Knave]

Thank you so much. ~Jim