Beg?

Don’t send that email to your mum just yet

She might not understand what we’ve been through

Or care about the true cause of our debt

When she herself has many problems too.

Perhaps it’s better for us to pretend

That all is fine and that we can afford

To live without the money she might lend

If our electronic begging strikes a chord?

For must we not each face life on our own

And try to make ends meet when fortune shrugs?

Perhaps I should take back my mobile phone

Or maybe we can give up drink and drugs?

But let's not ask your mum, who’s such a snob

She’ll probably just suggest I find a job.