A scale specially built for options

I rang a friend
and he mentioned
that he was getting 220 a week
on the dole

while I was busting my ass
in the bar
for 300

He wrote songs and watched movies
all day

I worked and wrote poems in the night
when I was work-bashed
and sleep-deprived

Poems like this one

And I know what you’re thinking

That I should quit

But I’m not gonna be doing that
and at first
I didn’t know why either

but I’ve got it now

You see,
his songs,
they aren’t that good

and the difference

is worth the
eighty