David Roth

Lost Wallet Waltz
To whom it may concern regarding my wallet The purple and black one I didn't take hiking The reason I left it behind in the car wasI didn't think I would be needing my billfold forClimbing a mountain, the less weight the better Especially at forty-one hundred feet highNow you've got my wallet and I've got a headacheAnd both inexorably linked by demand and supplyI have a car alarm but I didn't set itIn case it should go off while we were up hikingAnd bother the rest of the outdoor enthusiastsWho'd come to this mountain to flee from the noiseOf the city, the traffic, the crime and the sirensThe rustle and rumble, the roar of I-5And thus you're now holding the paper and plasticRectangles that prove I'm aliveThere's my driver's license, don't laugh at the pictureSo what, I was having a really bad hair dayThe green card belongs to our natural food coopI think it expired but you can renew with myMileage Plus Visa, the Gold one I used last yearPaid for my wedding, we walked down the aisle If you use the Visa, please call 1-800 And see if they'll give me the milesLetras de cancionesI appreciate the neatness with which you could bypassThe lock on the passenger door of our vanAnd how one little "Jimmy" could pop the thing openWith barely a trace of a struggle or tantrumI hope you're not injured, but if you need treatmentMy Blue Cross credentials should fare you quite nicelyAnd if you need directions wherever you go nextCall my Triple A and they'll give them preciselyThe long distance phone card is cheaper on weekendsBut not so for Blockbuster video rentingPlease use your discretion with my ATM cardI'm sorry, I'm probably mad and I'm ventingIt's just that you know how much time it will take meReplacing those papers I carry aroundNot to mention my coffee card, please send back my coffee cardI promise I won't prosecute on those groundsI don't mean to say that our day wasn't lovely What with sandwiches, strawberries, chocolate, graham crackersBut a word of advice, if you ever go hiking With trail mix from Costco, stay close to a bathroomHey, we got some exercise, fresh air and natureAnd you, you went shopping with my cash and plasticSo if you should vote with the card with my name on itPlease kindly vote DemocraticIf you had to have money you could have just asked me I might have said no but I could have referred you To Doug at the bank who just gave us a mortgageIf he gave us money, he'd give some to youBut I can't really blame you, the world isn't fair Sometimes people, they lose things and others, they find emI hope you can use all that stuff in my walletBut I probably would not use that condom From Letras Mania