Curses! It's Pledge Drive Time

I have a tote and vest and hat; all prove

That I'm a sucker for that time each fall

When all the voices that I'm hearing move

From giving news and info, to a call

For listeners to pony up and pay. 

There are two stations that get my support,

Since both of them get tuned in through my day.

I do rely on them; what they report

Is often inspiration for my rhymes,

And how I start and end my waking hours.

I pay my way, but still suffer, these times,

A guilt that it is quite beyond my powers

To assuage. Oh damn you, spring pledge drive!

Of course I want your stations to survive!