BROKE

i just went shopping for elite food 
knowing i’m more broke than i’ve been 
in a long time, knowing it’s because 
of health and also help
i lent you money to fix you car so you could work
i was less broke and less broken than you
so i took you out for hot broths all winter long
and you don’t like to split the check, 
say it’s not romantic,
and you’re right, but neither is being broke,
not actually, so i’d like us both to stop
but i’d also like us both to stop
having jobs