Coveting the Neighbours' Lice

As ends meet
My change purse leaks
Dripping means
Onto the floor
One necessity
At a time.
As wealth is resented
Riches are desired
As greed is admonished
The Ability to exercise it
Is coveted.
I covet that which I do not want
And deny that which I do
All to be
A complicated person
With integrity.
My pocket's chime
With a thimble's worth of complication
And Integrity bought out of a 99 cents bin
So I can preen
With pride
And vanity.