Up to my ass in alligators

would beat this.

Alligators don’t tease.

One gulp and you’re done.

But today when I was told

my bank balance had suddenly skyrocketed,

my heart leapt

and I was caught by foolish hope.

Then alligator reality

opened its wide jaws

and left behind

 sure and certain bones –

the knowledge that tomorrow

the bank would call and say,

“Woops!”

                                                                         JDG