rosie banks

rosie banks works at the grocery
wakes up at 6am to eat before work
and then she's gone all day
got to earn her pay
to heat her home and buy clothes
for her baby
sixteen months old
the man on tv
said next week could get cold
this happened in october

rosie banks was let go from the grocery
times are tough in a failing economy
she's calling everyone she knows
find any work she can
she's scrubbing floors by hand
and washing clothes
as a maid for a rich man
he parts his hair to the left
and wears polyester pants
this happened in November

rosie banks likes to finger paint with her baby on saturdays
they sell their art at the fair on sundays
they sold two last week
three the week before
they're beginning to sell quickly
people want more
she might quit scrubbing floors
just yellow green and red
it's all they could afford
this happened in december

rosie banks and her kid are millionaires
they sell their pieces to rich folk across the world
no more working as a grocer
or as a rich man's maid
just playing art with her kid all day