Poverty

It's true I live in poverty
But I don't like to be called poor
So I've learned a few new words
That mean the same as 'poor'
But to me have more allure

Because I do not even have two cents
I say 'I live in a state of indigence'
I do not have enough to pay my bills
I am insolvent, mine are empty tills

I save the best I can, I am quite frugal
I don't even put raisins in my kugel
My savings are too puny to discuss
That's why I say I'm impecunious

It's true I live in poverty
But I don't like to be called poor
So I've learned a few new words
That mean the same as 'poor'
But to me have more allure

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review