Gumball machine

After Psalm 73:1-17

It’s always worked before.

Drop in my coin, a nickel

or a quarter, turn the crank,

and out pops the gumball.

But this time I turn the crank

and nothing comes out; 

I turn again and the crank

jams. I rage against the machine

that promises and doesn’t deliver,

I dropped my coin into the slot;

I did my part, I did what I was

supposed to do and nothing

happened, no gum ball came out. 

I shake the machine in anger

and cry out why? And the voice

says, I am not a gumball machine.

Photograph by Joshua Coleman via Unsplash. Used with permission.