Money's trouble

[Jae Mc Donnell]

Ok so, just a quick run down on what I'm trying with these poems. I'm trying to think of an idea, then explain it in three lines with a 5 7 5 count. Then I try to expand it to a three stanza poem that hopefully makes some sense. I'm having good fun with it. Here is another one.
I should add, once I extend the poem I can slightly of set the count

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Riches beyond winters reach
like flame to kindling
on summers dry sheet

Alley cats drip howling heat
as desert dogs lap
at their keepers feet

While waters crush rock
to quench their own thirsts
Apples fall, autumn applauds

Riches beyond winters reach
Are like flame to kindling
on summers dry sheet

As alley cats drip howling heat
The desert dog laps
at its keepers feet

While waters crush rock
to quench their own thirsts
An apple falls to autumn’s applause