The government

has checks

but no balance

 

you would think

a zero balance

would be a natural check

on carefree spending

 

but our government

rejects that notion

without blank checks

it cannot function

 

to the government

it only means

write more bad checks

and spend even more

the whole concept is

out of balance

 

what kind of parent

would pass their debt

onto their unsuspecting

kids and grand-kids

 

a rotten thing to do

but we have done it

we spend like there is

no tomorrow

 

we forget that

tomorrow

is only a day away.