Been a long summer and not much sun. I am better off than I was: blessed with two beautiful granddaughters. On the flip side, I have a broken ankle which, three weeks after the event, is now on the mend. So, things have been tricky and I've not been in the mood to write ...

Yesterday, I took up a challenge and this is what I wrote for the MoreWriting Poetry Flash - in 15 minutes. It is flawed but then so is life?

Long odds

They forecast long odds
I see only short returns
And a heart at stake
While the money burns

The vampires smile
Revealing a toothy grin
Jaws snaps into place
And suck the blood within

They call it interest
What you have to pay
Monthly, they promise
But it compounds every day

You’re never out of debt
Not while the bankers bleed
The life out of the economy
And leave the poor in need

Then they dish out bonuses!
For a job so badly done
Losses, off the balance sheet
By gamblers having fun

They forecast long odds
I see only short returns
And saving is now a joke
Just like the interest it earns