Find attached my invoice for this month.
Four, Five week, Six week.Â
âDan, any update on the payment,â it should be processed by now
âAh, due to the volume of invoices itâs going to be paid next month.â
How can I pay my rent with your ânext month.â
How can I pay for my tampons, my water, my electricity?
How would you like to be just a normal player in this freelancer game of monopoly
When your ÂŁ80 day rate is paid on whatever month the banker feels likeÂ
I am grateful youâre paying me the living wage
Letâs celebrate your company
But know when you late pay someone,
Especially on 21k a year,Â
you are watching a slug whilst they battle with a mountain of salt poured on their body.Â
You are placing blocks of wood on the floor and stubbing thousands of toes.Â
Accountant Dan, accountant Dan.
How many ways can I compare you to the Victorian factory managers that exploited the poor for the sake of their books.Â
Four months later Iâm paid my grand.Â
Iâm still thinking, how can Dan, the man, pay on time
without tarnishing my relationship with his company?